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EALTH-SEEKERS'  SERIES  No.  2. 


New  Mexico 

Health 

Resorts*. 


EIGHTY-SIXTH  THOUSAND. 


SANTA  FE  PASSENGER  DEPARTMENT, 
JANUARY,  1902. 


BANCftOPl 

LIBRARY 


Introduction. 

TO  sufferers  from  the  various  forms  of 
lung  and  throat  diseases,  New  Mexico 
offers  climatic  conditions  of  especial  friend- 
liness. Here  are  found  a  very  dry  and 
aseptic  air,  a  light  atmospheric  pressure, 
maximum  of  sunshine  and  minimum  of 
cloud,  slight  variations  in  temperature,  and 
a  porous,  dry  soil.  This  is  the  land  of  sun- 
shine and  blue  skies.  It  is  never  uncomfort- 
ably warm  in  summer,  when  one  is  shaded 
from  the  sun's  direct  rays.  There  are  no 
discomforts  of  winter  blizzards  and  freezing 
winds;  and  the  air  has  a  crisp  freshness. 
The  dryness  is  perpetual,  not  intermittent. 

Naturally  the  invalid  struggling  with  con- 
sumption, bronchitis,  asthma,  etc.,  has  a 
better  chance  for  recovery  where  external 
conditions  are  helpful,  not  hurtful.  In  many 
cases  the  chance  becomes  a  certainty,  and 
rugged  health  succeeds  chronic  invalidism. 
The  paramount  value  of  "climate  cure"  is 
attested  by  extracts  (appearing  elsewhere 
herein)  from  reports  on  that  subject  by  prom- 
inent European  physicians.  The  special 
argument  for  New  Mexico  as  offering  the 
best  available  climate  in  this  country  is 
presented  by  other  practitioners. 

The  term  New  Mexico  is  a  broad  one,  and 
comprehends  a  variety  of  local  conditions. 
The  northern  section  is  higher,  drier  and 

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colder  than  the  southern;  the  mountain  dis- 
tricts and  table-lands  differ  from  the  valley 
regions,  but  the  general  characteristics  are 
the  same — plenty  of  sunshine  and  pure,  dry, 
rarified  air. 

1  New  Mexico  extends  southward  nearly  to 
the  thirty-first  parallel,  which  is  the  northern 
boundary  of  Florida.  Its  elevation  above 
the  sea  ranges  from  4,000  to  7,000  feet,  the 
average  being  5,600.  This  means  a  temper- 
ature equivalent  to  that  of  the  New  England 
coast,  other  things  being  equal,  because 
every  800  feet  of  elevation  is  climatically 
equivalent  to  a  degree  of  northerly  latitude 
at  sea  level.  But  other  things  are  not  equal. 
As  stated,  New  Mexico  is  a  country  of 
sparse  rainfall,  and  there  is  only  a  slight 
humidity  in  the  atmosphere.  Fogs  are  un- 
known. The  result  is  an  unusually  equable 
climate,  little  affected  by  summer  heat  o: 
winter  cold. 

There  are  few  days  in  the  year  when  it 
is  unsafe  for  invalids  to  venture  outdoors. 
In  summer,  the  sun's  rays,  while  ardent,  are 
never  harmful;  in  the  shade  and  at  night 
the  air  is  always  cool.  When  winter  comes, 
though  deep  snow  may  cover  the  mountain 
tops,  it  rarely  falls  on  the  lower  levels,  and 
does  not  stay  there  long,  but  melts  away 
rapidly  in  the  genial  warmth  of  the  sun. 
Yet  disagreeable  rain  and  snow  flurries 
sometimes  come,  though  not  so  frequent  nor 
so  severe  as  in  other  less  favored  localities. 
Visitors  should  not  be  disturbed  by  them. 
It  is  impossible  to  live  without  some  precip- 
itation of  moisture.  Wait  for  the  sun's  long 
and  glorious  reign  to  begin  again,  and  you 


will  gladly  stay  indefinitely.  Pine,  pifion, 
cedar  and  spruce  trees  grow  abundantly  in 
the  mountain  districts,  filling  the  air  with 
balsamic  odors.  There  is  no  malaria;  hay 
fever  is  a  stranger,  and  epidemics  of  acute 
intestinal  diseases  never  occur. 

While  New  Mexico  is  pre-eminently  a 
resort  for  consumptives,  it  also  attracts 
those  troubled  'with  kidney  and  rheumatic 
diseases.  Physicians  have  come  to  recog- 
nize of  late  years  that  certain  forms  of  heart 
disease  are  benefited  by  a  change  of  climate 
and  altitude,  and  it  is  only  in  one  or  two 
forms  of  organic  lesion  that  it  is  inadvisable 
to  change  to  high  altitude.  Also  the  old 
superstition  that  a  great  altitude  will  pre- 
dispose a  consumptive  to  hemorrhages  has 
been  shown  to  be  a  fallacy  except  in  excep- 
tional cases,  the  effect  of  a  high  altitude 
often  being  beneficial  to  cases  in  which 
hemorrhages  were  among  the  incipient 
symptoms.  (Writer  of  this  has  been  cured 
of  the  symptoms  of  a  heart  lesion  and  hem- 
orrhages by  coming  direct  from  eastern 
Pennsylvania  to  Santa  Fe  three  years  ago.) 

The  term  "health  resorts"  is  not  used 
herein  in  a  restricted  sense.  It  indicates 
any  place  where  one's  physical  condition 
may  be  bettered  by  baths  and  medical  treat- 
ment, or  by  merely  being  out  in  the  open  air, 
engaged  in  hunting,  fishing,  riding,  walking, 
etc.  The  accommodations  at  each  town 
mentioned  in  the  following  pages  are 
plainly  set  forth,  so  that  the  reader  may 
know  exactly  what  to  expect  in  that 
respect.  To  summarize:  Sanatoriums  and 


other  special  facilities  for' invalids  are  only 
found  all  the  year  round  at  Las  Vegas 
Hot  Springs,  Las  Vegas,  Santa  Fe,  Ojo 
Caliente,  Las  Cruces,  Faywood  Hot  Springs 
and  El  Paso.  The  others  are  either  sum- 
mer pleasure  resorts,  like  Jemez  Springs, 
Sulphur  Springs  and  El  Porvenir,  or  they 
are  cities  and  villages,  some  of  which  pos- 
sess certain  business  advantages,  and  all  of 
which  have  New  Mexico's  universal  endow- 
ment of  pure  mountain  air. 

The  United  States  government  has  estab- 
lished two  important  sanatoriums  in  New 
Mexico,  located  at  Ft.  Bayard  and  Ft.  Stanton 
respectively,  for  the  treatment  of  soldiers  and 
sailors  suffering  from  diseases  of  the  respira- 
tory tract,  thereby  emphasizing  the  curative 
properties  of  New  Mexico's  superb  climate. 

There  are  many  seekers  after  health  who 
must  make  a  living  while  they  are  getting 
well.  For  their  guidance  a  few  pages  are 
devoted  to  data  concerning  the  avocations 
open  to  invalids,  who  can  perform  light 
manual  labor.  This  information  will  also 
be  of  value  to  still  another  class,  who,  after 
having  been  restored  to  good  health  by  the 
climate  of  New  Mexico,  must  remain  in  that 
region  in  order  to  avoid  a  relapse,  and  who 
eventually  find  it  necessary  or  desirable  to 
engage  in  business. 

The  attention  of  physicians  who  may  not 
have  visited  New  Mexico  is  respectfully 
invited  to  the  expert  medical  testimony 
which  appears  herein. 

Invalids  should  be  urged  to  go  in  the 
early  stages  of  disease.  Marvelous  cures 


are  effected  by  this  climate,  but  absolute 
miracles  should  not  be  expected. 

Round-trip  tickets  at  reduced  rates  are  on 
sale  from  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City, 
Denver  and  other  principal  cities,  every  day 
in  the  year,  to  Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs,  and 
during  the  winter  tourist  season  (November 
i  to  April  30),  to  Deming  and  El  Paso. 

For  detailed  information  respecting  ticket 
rates,  etc.,  address  W.  J.  Black,  G.  P.  A., 
A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.,  Topeka,  Kan.,  and  Chi- 
cago, or  any  representative  of  the  Santa  Fe. 


MAIN^BUSINESS.  STREET  OF  ALBUQUERQUE 


is 
located  in  the  RioGrandeval- 

qucrquc*  leyj  on  main  line  of  A>  T>  &  s> 

F.  Ry.  at  its  junction  with  the  Santa  Fe 
Pacific  R.  R.  Altitude,  4,935  feet  above  sea 
level.  The  city  lies  on  the  sunny  slope  of  a 
broad  plain,  and  is  amply  protected  against 
sudden  storms  by  high  mountain  ranges  ten 
miles  to  the  east  and  fifty  miles  south.  The 
winters  are  generally  open  and  bright,  and 


the  atmosphere  almost  wholly  devoid  of 
humidity.  Average  noon  temperature  for 
the  year  varies  from  55°  in  December,  53° 
in  January  and  57°  in  February,  to  82°  in 
June,  89°  in  July  and  86°  in  August. 

Albuquerque  is  divided  into  two  sections, 
the  "old"  and  "new" — the  ancient  settle- 
ment being  close  to  the  river,  and  the 
modern  portion  quite  a  distance  away.  One 
dates  back  to  the  Spanish  invasion;  the 
other  had  its  beginning  with  the  advent  of 
the  Santa  Fe  Railway.  The  new  town  has  a 
population  of  10,000;  prevailing  nationality, 
American.  The  old  town  contains  2,000 
people,  nearly  all  Mexicans.  There  are 
eleven  churches,  one  university,  one  college, 
two  academies,  and  several  public  schools. 
Social  advantages  are  numerous  and  all 
prominent  secret  orders  are  represented  in 
Albuquerque.  A  commercial  club  owning  a 
magnificent  $100,000  building  is  the  nucleus 
of  a  wide  and  beneficent  hospitality,  and 
assists  the  business  interests  of  the  commun- 
ity. A  public  sewer  system,  street-car  lines, 
water,  gas  and  electric  light  plants,  etc.,  are 
additional  proofs  of  civic  advancement. 

Although  never  extensively  advertised  as 
a  health  resort,  Albuquerque  possesses  valid 
claims  for  being  so  considered.  Here  are 
the  three  great  essentials— pure  air,  pure 
water  and  abundant  sunshine;  and  there  are 
ample  provisions  for  taking  care  of  strangers. 

Nearly  three  hundred  persons  can  be  com- 
fortably accommodated  in  hotels,  one  thou- 
sand in  boarding  houses  and  two  hundred 
in  private  families. 

The  hotel  rates  vary  from  50  cents  to  $i 


a  day  (European  plan)  and  $1.50  to  $2  a  day 
(American  plan).  Lodging  houses  charge 
75  cents  to  $i  a  day.  Prices  at  private 
boarding  houses  range  from  $8  to  $12  a 
week. 

Meals  alone  may  be  procured  at  first-class 
restaurants  and  boarding  houses  for  $4.50 
and  $7  a  week,  and  nicely  furnished  rooms 
rent  for  $8  to  $15  by  the  month.  If  economy 
is  an  object,  and  one  is  willing  to  put  up 
with  fewer  comforts,  there  are  many  places 
where  the  cost  of  living  is  less  than  the 
figures  named. 

A  luxurious  hotel  for  tourists,  the  Alva- 
rado,  to  cost  $100,000  is  being  erected  at 
Albuquerque  and  will  be  ready  for  occu- 
pancy in  February,  1902.  It  will  be  managed 
by  Mr.  Fred  Harvey,  which  is  sufficient 
assurance  of  high-class  service.  The  archi- 
tecture is  of  the  old  Spanish  Mission  style, 
pleasing  to  the  eye  and  well  suited  to  the 
climatic  conditions.  The  erection  of  this 
hotel  assures  adequate  accommodations  for 
travelers. 

Ten  physicians,  many  of  them  specialists 
in  the  treatment  of  lung  and  throat  troubles, 
and  a  number  of  competent  nurses,  make 
this  city  their  headquarters.  At  present 
Albuquerque  has  no  sanatorium.  Those 
needing  the  special  treatment  and  care 
only  afforded  in  such  institutions  must  look 
elsewhere. 

The  Copote  mineral  Springs  are  twelve 
miles  from  Albuquerque.  Their  sparkling 
waters  are  highly  esteemed  as  containing 
valuable  curative  properties.  They  are 


mild,  laxative  and  diuretic,  possessing 
value  in  the  cure  of  diseases  of  the  liver  and 
kidneys,  as  well  as  for  dyspepsia,  chronic 
rheumatism,  and  gout.  A  bottling  estab- 
lishment has  for  years  been  engaged  in 
putting  up  these  waters  in  a  convenient  and 
inexpensive  form  for  home  use  and  ship- 
ment to  consumers  in  the  East.  This  is  a 
favorite  place  for  summer  visitors,  and  is  a 
pleasure  rather  than  a  health  resort. 

The  Jctncz  fiot  Springs,  in  the  beautiful 
Jemez  Mountains,  are  within  forty-five  miles 
of  Albuquerque,  being  connected  therewith 
by  two  stage  lines,  which  make  daily  trips 
during  the  summer  months.  These  stages 
leave  Albuquerque  in  the  morning,  and 
reach  Jemez  by  evening;  fare,  $12  for  round 
trip.  The  Jemez  Springs  are  located  in  San 
Diego  Canyon,  6,620  feet  above  the  sea,  sur- 
rounded by  pine  forests  and  lofty  moun- 
tains. There  are  several  groups  of  springs 
here;  those  at  Archeluta  and  two  miles 
farther  north  are  most  frequented.  Board 
and  lodging  at  any  of  the  three  hotels  costs 
from  $7  to  $10  per  week.  Parties  desiring 
to  camp  out  may  hire  tents  at  a  moderate 
rental.  This  is  principally  a  summer  resort. 

The  $Ulpl)Ur  Springs  are  reached  from 
Albuquerque  by  taking  the  stage  for  Jemez 
Hot  Springs,  and  transferring  to  the  stage 
for  the  Sulphurs,  a  distance  of  twelve  miles. 
They  are  also  reached  by  boarding  the  early 
morning  train  at  Albuquerque  for  Thornton, 
and  there  taking  the  stage,  which  goes 
to  the  Sulphurs  through  Bland  and  the 
Cochiti  mining  district.  The  altitude  here 


THE   RAIN   DANCE   AT   COCHITI    PUEBLO. 


is  8,250  feet.  The  springs  are  in  a  beauti- 
ful mountain  valley,  and  consist  of  several 
groups  of  geyser-like  fountains,  which  are 
continually  bubbling  and  boiling.  These 
turbid  pools  have  medicinal  virtues  that 
are  possessed  by  few  springs  in  the  world, 
they  being  especially  efficacious  for  all 
diseases  of  the  blood.  Bath  houses  are 
built  over  two  of  these  groups  of  geysers,  so 
that  the  full  benefit  of  the  vapor,  as  well  as 
the  mud  baths,  is  obtained.  Accommoda- 
tions consist  of  a  new  hotel  of  fifteen  rooms, 
the  old  hotel  now  being  used  as  an  annex. 
There  are  also  several  cottages  that  are  for 
rent  during  the  summer,  and  excellent  facil- 
ities exist  for  camping  parties,  which  gen- 
erally constitute  three-fourths  of  the  summer 
visitors. 

Camp  \VI)itC01tlb,  eighteen  miles  from  the 
city,  on  the  south  slope  of  the  Sandia  Moun- 
tains, with  an  elevation  of  8,000  feet,  is  a 
delightful  and  very  popular  summer  resort. 
There  are  a  number  of  beautiful  canyons  in 
these  mountains,  making  pleasant  places 
for  camping  parties. 


DEMING,  in  Luna  County, 
at  the  junction  of  the  Atchi- 
son,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  and  Southern 
Pacific  lines,  contains  a  population  of  2,000, 
mostly  Americans. 

While  particularly  noted  as  a  cattle  ship- 
ping point  and  a  railroad  junction  point,  law 
and  order  prevail,  and  the  social  advantages 
are  excellent.  This  is  evidenced  by  the 
numerous  church  organizations,  the  various 


secret  societies  and  the  fine  graded  school 
system. 

Opportunities  for  outdoor  recreation  are 
unlimited.  Splendid  roads  for  riding  or 
driving;  tennis  courts  abound,  and  bicycling 
has  many  ardent  devotees. 

South  of  the  city  (a  day's  drive  over 
good  country  roads),  is  lake  Palomas,  the 
only  large  body  of  water  for  miles  around. 
It  is  the  resort  of  wild  ducks,  etc.  North 
of  Deming  in  the  mountains,  the  streams 
abound  in  trout,  and  deer  and  wild  turkey 
are  found  in  the  same  neighborhood. 

Cattle  round-ups  and  glimpses  of  life 
among  the  miners  afford  further  diversions. 

The  altitude  of  Deming  is  4,315  feet;  the 
immediate  vicinity  is  level,  surrounded  by 
distant  mountains. 

Every  winter  numerous  visitors  arrive 
from  all  parts  of  the  country  seeking  a  longer 
lease  of  life.  Many  are  cured  and  all  bene- 
fited. 

Deming  is  the  center  of  the  sunshine 
region  of  the  southwest.  Pecentage  of  sun- 
shine for  fall  and  winter  months,  73.7  per 
cent,  as  compared  with  61.7  per  cent  at  Den- 
ver, 61.2  per  cent  at  San  Diego,  and  42.3  per 
cent  at  Cincinnati. 

Average  noon  temperature:  Spring,  70°; 
summer,  90°;  fall,  75°;  winter  56°.  A  pleas- 
ant breeze  from  the  mountains  tempers  the 
summer  heat,  and  the  nights  are  always  cool. 

The  physicians  here  have  made  a  special 
study  of  lung  and  throat  troubles.  Invalids 
are  at  present  cared  for  in  hotels,  boarding 
houses  and  private  families. 


The  Union  Depot  Hotel  (accommodating 
thirty  guests)  is  operated  by  Mr.  Fred  Har- 
vey. Its  airy  rooms,  broad  verandas  and 
fine  cuisine,  render  it  a  favorite  stopping 
place  for  both  invalids  and  tourists;  rates, 
$3  per  day;  reasonable  terms  by  week  or 
month  quoted  on  application. 

The  cost  of  living  is  not  exorbitant.  An 
economical  family  can  get  along  nicely  on 
from  $15  to  $20  per  month  for  provisions. 
Rent  is  from  $10  to  $25  per  month,  the  latter 
securing  the  best  houses  in  town  and  some 
of  them  furnished.  Board  is  from  $20  to 
$35  per  month. 

Concerning  Deming,  Drs.  S.  D.  Swope 
and  Carl  Hagen  say: 

"The  climate  is  one  of  the  best  in  the 
world.  The  percentage  of  sunshine,  73.8 
per  cent,  is  the  highest  in  the  United  States, 
being  nearest  approached  by  San  Diego, 
Cal.,  and  Denver,  Colo.,  with  61  per  cent 
each. 

"This  region  has  a  summer  climate  a 
little  cooler  than  the  State  of  New  York, 
and  a  winter  climate  a  few  degrees  warmer 
than  that  of  Charleston,  S.  C. 

"Deming  is  fairly  well  sheltered  from 
winds,  and  has  a  most  excellent  water  sup- 
ply. 

"Experience  demonstrates  that  consump- 
tives do  well  here.  When  properly  man- 
aged, they  improve  in  strength  and  weight, 
and  often  entirely  recover." 


STREET  SCENE    IN    EL   PASO.  Bushong  &  Feldman,.Photo. 


€1  P3$0*  THE  cit.y  of  E1  Paso>  Texas» 

(population  nearly  20,000),  sit- 
uated in  the  lower  Rio  Grano>  Valley,  mid- 
way between  Kansas  City  and  the  City  of 
Mexico,  is  noted  not  only  as  a  commercial 
metropolis  and  railroad  center,  but  as  a 
favored  place  for  those  who  would  escape 
the  inclemencies  of  a  northern  winter.  The 
altitude  is  3,687  feet — high  enough  to  be 
bracing,  and  yet  not  so  far  above  the  sea  as 
to  embarrass  the  heart's  action. 

The  adjacent  mountain  ranges  of  Old  and 
New  Mexico  give  variety  and  a  rugged 
beauty  to  the  landscape.  Mt.  Franklin  is 
7,000  feet  high.  The  latitude  of  El  Paso  is 
the  same  as  that  of  Savannah,  Ga.,  with  the 
advantage  of  being  higher  above  tide-water, 
the  inhabitants  of  the  former  place  thus 
escaping  any  of  the  debilitating  effects  that 
may  follow  residence  in  a  moister  region. 

El  Paso  was  settled  by  the  Spaniards  in 
1549.  Since  then  it  has  been  successively 
under  the  sway  of  Mexico,  the  Republic  of 


Texas  and  the  United  States.  The  city  is 
built  almost  entirely  of  brick,  possesses 
waterworks  and  sewerage  systems,  paved 
streets,  electric  lights  and  other  evidences 
of  modern  industrial  and  social  develop- 
ment, such  as  churches,  kindergartens  and 
opera  house. 

The  soil  is  sandy  and  very  porous.  Average 
annual  rainfall  is  eleven  inches.  It  is  true 
that  the  summers  are  rather  hot.  One  does 
not  go  south  in  August  to  escape  heat.  Yel 
the  dry  atmosphere  makes  the  effect  of  the 
heat  less  enervating  than  the  thermometer 


HOTEL  DIEU  SANATORIUM,  EL  PASO.       BushonS  &  Feldman,  Photo 


would  indicate;  and  no  one  suffers. 
In  winter  the  entire  season  is  charming. 
Clear  days  predominate,  and  merely  to 
be  out  of  doors  and  breathe  the  pure 
air  is  unalloyed  pleasure.  Persons  suf- 
fering from  asthma,  phthisis  and  bron- 
chitis will  find  the  climate  of  El  Paso 
very  helpful.  The  annual  death  rate 
averages  only  seven  per  thousand,  as  against 


twenty-six  in  New  York;  and  this  is  swelled 
by  the  large  numbers  who  come  to  El  Paso 


VIEW  OF  MT.   FRANKLIN,   EL  PASO, 

in  an  extremely  advanced  state  of  disease. 
Sanitary  regulations  are  rigidly  enforced. 

The  city  has  several  large  hotels,  such  as 
the  Sheldon,  Pierson,  Lindell,  Orndorff  and 
St.  George,  the  rates  varying  from  $2  to  $4  per 
day,  on  the  American  plan.  A  market  abund- 
antly supplies  products  of  the  temperate  and 
semi-tropical  zones.  Many  places  abound 
where  rooms — either  with  or  without  meals — 
may  be  obtained  in  private  families  at  very 
reasonable  rates.  The  cost  of  living  is  not 
high,  all  things  considered.  In  a  social  way 
there  is  little  left  to  be  desired.  Being  on 
the  border  of  the  Republic  of  Mexico,  pleas- 
ant excursions  may  be  made  at  small  ex- 
pense to  neighboring  points  of  interest. 
Juarez,  the  Mexican  city  (population  10,000), 
which  occupies  the  opposite  bank  of  the 
river,  is  wholly  un-American  in  its  customs 
and  architecture;  and  by  the  investment 
of  a  dime  for  street-car  fare  one  may,  in  a 
lirnited  sense,  take  a  foreign  tour. 

Special  attention  is  called  to  Hotel  Dieu. 


a  sanatorium  conducted  by  the  Sisters  of 
Charity  and  located  on  the  south  side  of  the 
city.  This  magnificent  structure  ranks  with 
the  finest  in  the  west,  and  is  kept  in  first- 
class  condition.  The  building  is  solidly 
constructed  of  brick  and  stone,  and  so  ar- 
ranged that  all  rooms  have  good  light  and 
are  well  ventilated.  Steam-heated  apart- 
ments and  halls  insure  an  even  temperature 
whenever  there  is  a  morning  or  evening 
chill  in  the  air.  It  is  supplied  with  an  ele- 
vator. Private  apartments,  including 
board,  fire,  light,  and  attendance,  range  in 
price  from  $8  to  $20  per  week.  Meals  are 
either  served  in  the  patient's  room  or  in  the 
main  dining  hall,  as  desired.  Sufferers 
from  contagious  diseases  are  not  admitted. 


EL   PASO  SUBURBS.  Bushong  &  Feldman,  Photo. 


£3$  LOCATED  in  the  fertile  Mesilla 

>*  Valley  (the  local  name  for  that 

WrilCvS*  portion  of  the  Rio  Grande 
Valley  in  this  vicinity),  with  the  magnificent 
Organ  Mountains  forming  an  impressive 
background,  and  the  near-by  Rio  Grande 


River  giving  a  touch  of  silver  to  the  browns 
and  reds  and  greens  of  the  low  lands,  is  the 
attractive  city  of  Las  Cruces  ("town  of  the 
crosses")  whose  population  of  nearly  3,500 
souls  keeps  in  touch  with  the  outer  world 
by  means  of  the  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.  Two 
Protestant  mission  schools,  a  Catholic  acad- 
emy, public  and  private  schools,  the  terri- 
torial agricultural  college  and  U.  S.  experi- 
mental station  combine  to  make  Las  Cruces 
an  educational  center.  It  is  a  banking  town ; 
has  Western  Union  and  Postal  telegraph 
offices;  long  distance  telephone  connecting 
with  the  lower  Mesilla  Valley  towns,  and 
with  El  Paso,  Texas;  large  mercantile  estab- 
lishments and  well-stocked  drug  stores. 
It  is  the  residence  of  many  professional 
and  literary  persons. 

The  altitude  of  the  city  is  3,873  feet,  and 
of  the  Organ  Mountains,  twelve  miles 
distant,  8,949  feet.  The  climate  is  dry; 
average  annual  rainfall  for  last  twenty 
years  only  eight  inches.  Mean  maximum 
temperature  during  the  years  1892  to  1899 
has  been:  For  the  three  spring  months, 
76.37°;  summer,  92.17°;  fall,  78.02°;  winter, 
58.22°.  During  the  same  period  the  mean 
minimum  temperatures  have  been  40.65°, 
60.26°,  40.86°  and  22.94°,  respectively.  These 
figures,  which  are  furnished  by  the  New 
Mexico  College  of  Agriculture,  are  accurate 
and  attest  the  remarkable  equability  of  the 
climate.  There  are  only  twenty-five  cloudy 
days  in  the  year;  in  winter  the  average  is 
four  cloudy  days  monthly.  The  remainder 
are  either  clear  or  fair. 


Sight-seers  will  be  interested  by  drives  to 
"The  Alameda,"  Mesilla  Park,  the  agricul- 
tural college  farm,  Van  Patten's  Camp,  the 
quaint  old  Mexican  villages  of  Mesilla, 
Tortugas  and  Dona  Ana;  also  the  Sacra- 
mento and  Organ  mountains.  Those  fond 
of  field  sports  will  find  in  the  surrounding 
country  an  abundance  of  quail,  rabbits, 
doves,  ducks  and  geese. 

Private  boarding  houses  and  cottages 
can  comfortably  stow  away  as  many  as  five 
hundred  persons,  the  rates  therein  varying 
from  $7  to  $15  weekly.  The  local  agent  of 
A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.  at  Las  Cruces  will  take  a 
personal  interest  in  assisting  those  who  do 
not  go  to  hotels  to  find  suitable  quarters 
elsewhere. 

There  are  also  three- resorts  specially  fit- 
ted up  for  tourists — The  Alameda  (a  ranch 
resort  open  the  entire  year),  about  a  mile 
and  a  half  from  the  depot,  in  the  center  of 
an  old  Spanish  hacienda,  surrounded  by 
wide  alfalfa  meadows  and  shade  trees,  Van 
Patten's  Camp  (summers  only),  in  a  shel- 
tered mountain  nook  fifteen  miles  east  of 
and  overlooking  Las  Cruces,  and  the  Wood- 
lawn  Orchard  Sanatorium,  near  Mesilla. 
tl)e  jfllattKda  (W.  E.  Baker,  Manager),  com- 
fortably accommodates  thirty  to  forty 
guests.  Rooms  are  en  suite,  with  southern 
exposure ;  they  are  of  good  size  and 
comfortably  furnished;  wide  cement 
porches  afford  opportunities  for  sun  baths. 
Everything  about  the  place — the  giant  cot- 
tonwoods,  fields  of  alfalfa,  fruit  orchards  and 
flower  gardens  —  suggests  and  promotes 


VAN  PATTEN'S  RANCH,    NEAR  LAS  CRUCES. 


quiet  and  restfulness.  The  rates  are  $10 
to  $15  per  week  for  room,  board  and  fire. 
Table  liberally  supplied  with  a  variety  of 
eatables,  and  only  the  best  of  packing-house 
meats  are  used.  Pure  Jersey  milk  and 
cream  are  provided.  Riding  and  driving 
horses,  and  vehicles,  may  be  hired  at  reason- 
able rates.  The  Alameda  furnishes  for  its 
guests  facilities  to  indulge  in  croquet,  quoits, 
bicycling,  hunting  and  various  indoor  games. 
If  notice  of  expected  arrival  is  given,  guests 
will  be  met  at  the  railway  station;  arrange- 
ments for  accommodations  should  be  made 
in  advance. 

The  Alameda  may  be  unqualifiedly  recom- 
mended as  affording  not  only  the  satisfactory 
service  of  a  first-class  hotel,  but  also  many 
home  comforts  and  attentions.  One  is  agree- 
ably surprised  to  find  such  a  fine  table  and 
agreeable  surroundings.  The  presence  of 
this  admirably  conducted  suburban  hotel 
is  a  very  potent  reason  for  wintering  at 
Las  Cruces. 

At  Van  patUn'S  resort  (altitude  6,000  feet) 
there  is  a  substantial  stone  house  where  as 
many  as  twenty-five  persons  may  be  shel- 
tered at  one  time.  It  is  the  center,  in 
summer,  of  a  colony  of  tenting  parties. 

\Voodlawn  Orchard  Sanatorium  (Dr.  R.  C. 
Caldwell,  manager),  is  located  on  an  eighty- 
acre  orchard  tract,  two  and  a  half  miles 
from  Las  Cruces  and  near  the  old  town  of 
Mesilla.  There  are  eighteen  rooms  com- 
fortably furnished;  board  and  room  $20  to 
$35  per  month;  rooms  only  $4  to  $8  monthly. 
About  a  mile  away  is  Mclver's  ranch,  where 


invalids  are  accommodated  at  $7  to  $10  a 
week. 

The  camp  is  well  protected  from  winds. 
A  hack  runs  between  Las  Cruces  and  Van 
Patten's  Camp  for  patrons  of  the  house  at 
$2  round  trip. 

A  number  of  well-to-do  ranchers  near  Las 
Cruces  and  Earlham  receive  boarders. 

Five  physicians  are  located  at  Las 
Cruces,  three  being  lung-  and  throat  special- 
ists. There  are  several  competent  nurses. 

Las  Cruces'  advantages  as  a  health  resort 
are  so  pronounced,  that  a  sanatorium  is 
being  built  here.  In  the  absence  of  such  an 
institution  the  present  facilities  for  taking 
care  of  invalids  are  very  good.  The 
Mesilla  Valley  climate  is  so  mild  that  out- 
door treatment  is  availed  of  to  a  marked 
degree,  and  necessary  medical  services  can 
be  readily  procured  to  assist  Nature's  "  sun- 
shine cure." 

A  prominent  local  physician  writes:  "As 
a  resort  for  those  afflicted  with  chronic  lung 
trouble,  I  must  say  that  I  know  of  none 
other  equal  to  it.  First  and  indispensable — 
dryness.  The  average  rainfall  per  annum, 
eight  inches;  cloudy  and  rainy  days,  about 
thirty.  Second,  temperature.  In  winter  the 
nights  are  occasionally  cold  enough  to  form 
ice;  in  spring,  summer  and  fall,  cool  enough 
to  be  bracing — no  more;  never  hot.  Thirdly, 
elevation.  Four  thousand  feet  is  just  the 
altitude  to  gently  stimulate  the  circulation, 
and  render  the  breathing  easy  and  free. 
Fourth,  sunshine.  A  bright  sun  three 
hundred  and  thirty-five  days  in  the  year. 


In  winter  one  can  be  comfortable  from 
9  A.  M.  to  5  P.  M.  with  only  a  light  overcoat 
in  the  sunshine.  In  spring,  never  too  hot. 
In  summer,  always  pleasant  in  the  shade. 
The  fall  is  like  the  spring.  Barring  a  few 
exceptional  days  of  windstorm  or  rainy 
weather,  the  invalid  with  chronic  lung 
trouble  can  be  in  the  open  air  for  three 
hundred  days  in  the  year.  Fifth,  a  porous 
soil  of  sand  and  loam,  absorbing  immedi- 
ately the  little  moisture  that  falls,  and  suffi- 
ciently rolling  to  shed  the  rainfall." 

Sdckll  Rot  Springs,  sixteen  miles  north, 
is  patronized  by  those  afflicted  with  rheu- 
matism. No  accommodations  here;  visitors 
"camp  out." 


ENTRANCE  TO  THE  ALAMEDA,  LAS  CRUCES. 


THE  City  of  Las  Vegas  contains 
a  population  of  8,000.  The  large 
number  of  churches,  schools, 
residences,  business  houses,  etc.,  testify  to 
the  high  degree  of  social  culture  attained  by 
this  charming  place. 

The  altitude  of  Las  Vegas  is  6,384  feet. 
The  country  to  the  east  is  level,  with  high 
mountains  on  the  west.  The  sun  shines 
nearly  every  day  in  the  year  and  long  cloudy 
and  foggy  periods  are  unknown. 

The  average  noon  temperature  in  winter 
is  40°;  spring,  55°;  summer,  80°;  autumn, 
60°.  These  figures  indicate  a  pleasant  cli- 
mate the  year  round. 

The  Castaneda,  near  the  depot,  a  railway 
eating  house  and  hotel,  is  managed  by  Mr. 
Fred.  Harvey.  It  is.  a  long,  low  building, 
two  stories  high,  faced  with  brick,  roofed 
with  red  tiles,  and,  architecturally  speaking, 
patterned  after  the  old  California  missions. 

This  hotel  is  strictly  modern  in  every 
respect  and  handsomely  equipped  through- 
out. On  the  first  floor  is  a  commodious, 
and  attractive  dining  room,  a  luxuri- 
ous office,  a  billiard  room  and  buffet;  also 
a  lunch  counter.  The  office  is  so  furnished 
as  to  be  available  for  ladies  as  well  as  gen- 
tlemen. Upstairs  there  are  thirty-five  guest 
rooms,  in  addition  to  reception  room,  parlors 
and  usual  accessories  of  baths,  toilets,  etc. 

Mr.  Harvey's  well-known  reputation  as 
a  caterer  insures  the  best  of  service. 

There  are  several  good  commercial  hotels 
and  restaurants.  Rooms  may  be  obtained 
in  private  families  at  $8  to  $15  a  month. 


St.  Anthony's  Sanatorium,  built  and  oper- 
ated by  the  Sisters  of  Charity,  is  a  beautiful 
structure,  containing  every  convenience  and 
comfort  for  the  sick.  There  are  thirty-five 
turnished  sleeping  rooms,  with  necessary 
toilet  and  bath  rooms,  and  hot  and  cold 
water  service.  The  system  of  heating  and 
ventilation  is  perfect.  The  building  is  pro- 
vided with  a  complete  cuisine  department, 
electric  lights,  hydraulic  elevator,  etc. 
Terms  are  moderate  being  $5  to  $15  a  week, 
according  to  attention  required.  One  hun- 
dred invalids  can  be  accommodated.  Full 
complement  of  physicians  and  nurses. 

Outlying  resorts  are  €1  porttCtlir,  sixteen 
miles  from  the  city  above  the  Hot  Springs, 
with  lake,  picnic  grounds,  etc.;  and  fiarucp'S, 
ten  miles  farther  away.  Both  are  in  the 
mountains.  Conveyance  from  Las  Vegas  is 
by  carriage.  Either  resort  will  accommo- 
date twenty  guests;  rate  $7  per  week,  for 
room  and  board. 

The  Iftacbetl)  Ittincral  Spring,  one  mile 
from  East  Las  Vegas,  discovered  by  W.  R. 
Macbeth  of  Denver,  is  noted  for  its  strong- 
ly impregnated  mineral  water,  flowing  from 
a  deep  artesian  well  and  effecting  marvel- 
ous cures  in  cases  of  rheumatism,  indi- 
gestion, etc.  There  are  no  special  ac- 
commodations at  the  spring,  but  the  water 
is  easily  obtained  in  bottled  form. 


£3S  VC^3S  LAS  VEGAS  HOT  SPRINGS 
is  practically  a  village  de- 
voted  to  recreation  and  the 
restoration  of  health.  It 
is  situated  in  the  northern 
part  of  New  Mexico,  on  a  branch  line  of 
the  Santa  Fe,  6,767  feet  above  sea  level, 
and  at  the  very  edge  of  the  Rockies. 

A  beautiful  canyon  opens  at  the  western 
extremity  of  the  grounds.  The  Gallinas 
River,  whose  source  is  but  a  few  miles 
distant,  courses  through  the  property. 
Foothills  of  the  Rockies  form  an  almost 
complete  enclosure,  thus  affording  a  pro- 
tection against  severe  winds  and  sand- 
storms, and  materially  modifying  the  tem- 
perature, which  in  winter  is  20°  warmer  than 
at  Denver,  and  correspondingly  cooler  in 
summer. 

.The  buildings  are  numerous,  were 
erected  at  a  large  expenditure,  and  consist 
of  The  Montezuma,  a  palatial  fire-proof 
structure  of  stone  and  iron  with  several  hun- 
dred rooms  and  all  modern  conveniences, 
including  elevators;  numerous  cottages 
and  annexes;  bath  house,  hospital,  post 
office,  casino,  station  house,  schoolhouse; 
also  telegraph  and  express  offices,  etc. 
A  large  park  lies  in  the  center.  The  build- 
ings are  steam  heated  and  lighted  by 
electricity. 

An  irrigated  farm  belongs  to  the  plant, 
and  provides  fresh  milk,  vegetables,  etc. 

Thirty  hot  mineral  springs  arise  within 
the  grounds,  their  analyses  are  as  follows: 


PARTS    OF   SOLID     CONSTITU- 

ENTS CONTAINED  IN  100,000 

H 

PARTS  OF  WATER. 

NUMBER  OF 

I 

* 

. 

« 

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SPRING. 

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s  *» 

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11 

Onfc 

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^1 

"«  « 

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M 

H 

% 

$ 

3<j 

O^ 

S3 

h 

2      .... 

3    .... 

105.5 

20 

27.36 

27.38 

15-72 

5-02 

3.04 

4-03 

2.01 

9-97 
4.41 

65.53 
54.06 

4     .... 

92 

23.41 

14.62 

2.55 

4-02 

7.20 

58.33 

r:  :  :  : 

40 

44 

28.54 
27.86 

16.96 
16.86 

2.  IO 

3-30 

3-03 
.00 

8.88 
6.03 

57.90 

56.20 

40 

28.02 

17.98 

1.24 

•05 

6.60 

55-63 

7    .... 

71 

28.63 

17.86 

2.OI 

.02 

6.03 

5.80 

8  and  9  .     . 

14 

27.86 

10.80 

1-54 

.01 

? 

54.60 

10      .... 

17 

27.70 

I5.I5 

3-20 

•°$ 

5-45 

56.40 

ii  with  10  &  12 

24 

26.04 

17.86 

1.52 

.18 

6.10 

54.83 

12      .... 

12 

26.03 

15.70 

3-14 

.26 

6.80 

56.46 

13      .... 

36 

28.03 

17.70 

1.50 

.01 

6.16 

57.00 

14      .... 

92 

28.85 

18.00 

1.03 

.24 

6-93 

55.40 

15      .... 

82 

27.36 

18.64 

1.  00 

.16 

? 

55.90 

16    .     .     .     . 

12.5 

27.36 

ig.86 

2.01 

.05 

7.26 

57.73 

17    .... 
18     .     .     .     . 
19     .... 

12.5 
96 

27.86 
26.63 

17.22 
17-54 

.08 
1.  08 

.06 

.00 

5?33 

53-00 
56.16 

22  with  20 

21      .... 

106 
86 

26.87 
28.19 

11.54 
14.10 

1.23 

1.16 

•55 

.  IO 

6.20 

54-56 
56-95 

22      .... 

75 

27.36 

17-32 

1.  15 

.08 

6.'63 

57-00 

23      .... 

123 

28.19 

12.50 

2-33 

3.01 

6.20 

60.20 

Cold  Sulphur* 

33-01 

18.14 

1  1.  20 

38.52 

1.  20 

102.06 

*Sulphuretted  hydrogen  gas. 

NOTE. — Free  carbonic  acid  gas  and  sulphuretted 
hydrogen  gas  are  found  in  abundance  in  most  of  the 
springs. 

It  will  be  seen  the  temperatures  vary,  the 
hottest  being  144°  Fahrenheit.  The  mineral 
elements  also  are  so  numerous  as  to  be  of 
great  value  as  medicinal  agents,varying  from 
the  saline  to  lithia  and  sulphur.  The  waters 
are  conveyed  by  pipes  into  the  bath  house 
and  natatorium,  with  little  loss  of  natural 
temperature,  and  there  utilized  in  the  treat- 
ment of  various  diseases.  There  is  a  peat  bed 
here.  An  ample  house  has  been'erected  in 


PICNIC   PARTY  AT  HOT  SPRINGS. 


Miller,  Photo. 


connection  with  the  bath  department,  where 
the  peat  is  employed  in  the  shape  of  baths, 
being  combined  with  the  hot  mineral  waters. 
These  baths  are  especially  valuable  in 
skin,  blood,  liver,  kidney,  rheumatic  and 
nervous  affections,  and  are  a  real  delight, 
much  pleasure  being  afforded  one  who 
indulges  in  them.  The  natatorium  is  nine 
feet  deep  and  fifty-four  feet  long.  It  is 
filled  with  hot  spring  water,  and  is  for  the 


entertainment  of  guests.  Price  for  a  nata- 
torium  plunge  is  35  cents,  with  suit.  A 
partial  list  of  baths,  manipulations  and 
exercises  arranged  for  the  bath  department 
(and,  in  some  cases,  the  prices  therefor),  is  as 
follows:  Electric  light  ($i),  cabinet  (general), 
bell  (local),  vapor  (75  cents),  hot  air,  hot- 
blanket  pack,  cold-sheet  pack,  full  tub  (35 
cents),  half  tub,  shallow  tub,  sitz,  hot  pour, 
pail  douche,  wet-sheet  rub,  spray,  shower, 
Turkish  shampoo,  Swedish  shampoo,  dry 
shampoo,  salt  glow  (75  cents),  oil  rub  (50 
cents),  alcohol  rub  (50  cents),  witch-hazel 
rub  (50  cents),  electricity,  galvanic,  faradic 
(general,  local),  massage  (general,  local), 
effleurage  (stroking),  petrissage  (knead- 
ing), tapotement  (percussion),  centripetal 
friction,  centrifugal  friction,  fomenta- 
tions, cold  compresses,  peat  ($2),  sand, 
plunge.  A  series  of  ten  or  more  baths  of 
one  kind  is  given  at  reduced  rates.  Physi- 
cal development:  Dumb-bell  exercises, 
breathing  exercises,  swimming  exercises  and 
walking  exercises.  Hunting,  fishing,  camp- 
ing, mountain  climbing  and  other  rugged 
exercises  may  be  indulged  in.  Carriage 
horses,  riding  horses  and  burros  are  avail- 
able, and  guides  may  be  procured  to  any 
point  of  interest. 

Guests  bringing  children  may  send  them 
to  school  here,  the  educational  facilities 
being  excellent. 

Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs  has  a  high  and  dry 
climate,  nature's  best  restorative  elements. 
The  air  is  aseptic,  rare  as  compared  with 
lower  altitudes,  and  contains  an  excess  of 


VIEW   FROM    BALCONY,   THE   MONTEZUMA. 

ozone.  The  annual  average  number  of  days 
of  sunshine  is  344.  The  average  monthly 
precipitation  is  1.32  inches,  but  from  Septem- 
ber until  June  the  average  is  considerably 
less.  Mean  relative  humidity  (actual)  about 
20°.  One  may  sleep  out  of  doors  without 
catching  cold.  The  days  are  agreeably 
warm.  Rarely  does  the  temperature  reach 
80°  in  summer,  while  the  average  winter  sun 
temperature  is  76°.  The  nights  are  cool. 

No  sandstorms  occur  at  Las  Vegas  Hot 
Springs.    There  are  no  dusty  streets  to  irri- 


BATH   HOUSE,    LAS  VEGAS! 
HOT  SPRINGS. 


tate  the  throat.  The  adjacent  mountains 
are  covered  with  verdure,  and  no  dust  blows 
from  them.  High  hills  almost  surround 
Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs,  rendering  severe 
winds  quite  impossible.  Pine,  pinon,  cedar 
and  spruce  trees  grow  in  abundance;  thus 
the  atmosphere  is  more  or  less  laden  with 
balsamic  vapor.  Malaria  and  hay  fever  are 
unknown  in  this  immediate  vicinity.  There 
are  five  hundred  acres  of  park  and  land,  so 
strict  sanitary  precautions  can  be  observed. 
The  water  used  for  drinking  purposes  is 
taken  from  one  of  the  hot  springs.  The 
veranda,  surrounding  three  sides  of  the 
Montezuma  (available  for  promenades  and 
open  air  exercise),  is  five  hundred  and  forty 
feet  long,  fifteen  feet  wide,  and  roofed. 

With  all  these  advantages,  both  natural 
and  those  that  art  has  added,  it  is  seen  that 
Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs  is  an  ideal  spot  as 
a  health  resort,  and  a  place  for  outdoor 
sports,  amusements,  recreation,  rest  and 
recuperation,  as  well  as  for  persons  affected 
with  disease.  The  term  sanatorium,as  applied 
to  this  charming  locality,  should  be  liberally 
construed.  The  surroundings  are  just  as 
agreeable  to  the  pleasure  seeker  and  general 
tourist  as  to  the  invalid  in  search  of  health. 
Ample  provision  is  made  for  both  classes. 

The  rates  at  the  Montezuma  are  $2.50  to 
$4  by  the  day,  and  $14,  $16,  $17.50  and  $21 
by  the  week.  Where  two  persons  occupy  a 
single  room  a  discount  of  50  cents  each 
is  made  from  daily  rates,  or  $i  each  from 
weekly  rates.  If  three  occupy  the  same 
room  the  weekly  rate  is  reduced  $2  each. 
Medical  attendance  is  extra.  Special  rates 


are  granted  parties  of  three  or  more  who 
remain  a  considerable  time.  Patients  are 
charged  for  medical  service,  according  [to 
the  attention  their  condition  demands,  from 
$5  a  week  up. 

Las  Vegas  Hot  Springs  is  six  miles  from 
the  City  of  Las  Vegas,  and  connects  by  rail 
with  the  main  line  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe  Railway  at  that  point.  Round- 
trip  tickets  from  principal  eastern  cities 
may  be  obtained  throughout  the  year  at 
greatly  reduced  rates.  Stop-over  privileges 
are  allowed  all  through  passengers  passing 
this  point  where  tickets  permit  of  such 
arrangement. 


RiltOtl  RATON  (4,000  inhabitants)  is  sit- 
uated on  the  southeastern  slope 
of  the  Raton  spur  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

The  city  is  amply  protected  on  the  north 
and  west,  while  the  country  to  the  south  and 
east  is  open,  which  makes  it  a  pleasant 
winter  resort.  The  altitude  is  6,600  feet.  A 
more  delightful  climate  cannot  be  found  on 
the  continent,  or  a  more  desirable  resort 
for  persons  with  weak  lungs  and  kindred 
afflictions. 

Raton  is  lighted  with  electricity,  and  sup- 
plied with  pure  water  from  the  mountains. 

Splendid  roads  and  drives  lead  from  the 
city  to  picturesque  canyons  in  the  adjoining 
mountains,  and  to  the  beautiful  prairie 
country  on  the  south. 

The  canyons  are  well  watered  by  living 
streams  and  are  thickly  wooded.  Small 


farms,  nestling  in  the  hills,  add  to  the  beauty 
of  the  surroundings  and  the  comfort  of  the 
health  seeker. 

The  air  and  water  are  pure  and  the  atmos- 
phere is  dry.  These  are  nature's  best 
restoratives,  making  it  practically  impossible 
for  malaria  or  hay  fever  to  exist. 

The  local  hotels  and  boarding  houses 
charge  from  $4  to  $10  per  week  for  rooms 
only,  and  $25  to  $30  per  month  for  board 
and  room. 


IN   THE    COUNTRY    NEAR    RATON. 

Raton  is  the  distributing  point  for  the 
mining  camps  of  Baldy,  Elizabethtown, 
Cimarron  City  and  Red  River.  It  is  also 
headquarters  for  the  Maxwell  Land  Grant 
Company. 

Furnished  rooms  and  board  in  private 
families  may  be  obtained  at  reasonable 
rates,  and  several  stock  ranches  in  close 
proximity  accommodate  those  who  desire  a 
quiet  country  life. 


Santa  F£»  cap~ 

ital  of  New  Mexico,  and 
founded  earlier  than  St.  Augustine,  lies  in 
the  central  part  of  the  territory  on  a  branch 
line  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe 
Railway.  Estimated  population,  8,500;  pre- 
vailing nationality,  Spanish-American,  there 
being  about  three  thousand  Americans 
whose  blood  is  not  crossed  with  the  Latin 
races.  Prevailing  religion  is  Catholic,  al- 
though Protestant  sects  are  well  repre- 
sented. A  fine  public  school  system  has 
been  established;  there  is  also  a  college  for 
young  men  and  boys,  conducted  by  the 
Christian  Brothers,  and  a  like  institution  for 
girls,  in  charge  of  the  Sisters  of  Loretto. 

Santa  Fe*  is  noted  for  its  hospitality  to 
strangers.  Social  advantages  are  all  that 
could  be  desired.  Opportunities  for  out- 
door exercise  are  various.  Good  driveways 
lead  to  points  five  and  ten  miles  from  the 
city.  Horseback  riding,  burro  parties,  and 
walks  up  and  down  the  hills  near  by,  afford 
healthful  and  delightful  recreation. 

The  chief  points  of  interest  for  sight-seers 
are:  Old  San  Miguel  Church,  Chapel  of 
Rosario,  Governor's  Palace,  Historical  So- 
ciety rooms,  Indian  Villages  of  Tesuque, 
Santa  Clara,  Nambe,  Pojoaque,  San  Ilde- 
fonso  and  San  Juan,  the  Cliff  Dwellings,  the 
Pecos  Forest  Reserve,  the  Santa  Fe  Canyon, 
the  Nambe  Falls,  the  Tesuque  Divide, 
Cathedral  with  ancient  Spanish  Paintings, 
Guadaloupe  Church,  the  Capitol,  the  Terri- 
torial Penitentiary,  United  States  and  St. 
Catherine's  Indian  Schools,  Deaf  and  Dumb 


Asylum,  Presbyterian  Mission  School,  Old 
Fort  Marcy,  the  Garrote,  the  Bishop's  Gar- 
den, the  Bishop's  Ranch,  Box  Canyon  and 
many  other  scenic  and  historic  spots  and 
monuments. 

The  average  maximum  temperature  for 
January  is  38°,  February  44°,  March  52°, 
April 60°,  May  68°,  June  78°,  July  82°,  August 
80°,  September  72°,  October  62°,  November 
49°  and  December  42°. 

It  is  a  remarkable  fact  that  the  average 
number  of  cloudy  days  in  each  month  never 
exceeds  six,  is  more  frequently  four  and  five, 


CLAIRE   HOTEL,    SANTA   FE. 

and  falls  as  low  as  two.  These  facts  are 
attested  by  R.  M.  Hardinge,  observer  U.  S. 
Weather  Bureau,  and  cover  records  from 
1882  to  1891. 

St.  Vincent  Sanatorium,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  ,the  Sisters  of  Charity,  is  designed 
for  invalids.  The  house  has  twenty-one 
rooms,  well  ventilated  and  supplied  with 
every  possible  comfort.  Rooms  and  halls 


are  steam  heated,  open  fireplaces  abound, 
and  electric  lights  add  to  the  general  cheer. 
Special  attention  is  given  to  the  table. 
Meals  are  served  in  private  rooms,  and 
lunches  provided  for  delicate  persons,  with- 
out extra  charge.  The  nurses  are  carefully 
trained  in  their  profession.  The  terms  vary 
from  $10  to  $15  per  week,  including  meals 
and  attendance. 

The  various  hotels,  sanatoriums,  etc., 
comfortably  accommodate  250  persons. 
Rooms  and  meals  at  boarding  houses  cost 
$30  to  $35  per  month.  Rates  at  first-class 
hotels  $2  to  $3  a  day,  $12  to  $16  a  week,  $35 
to  $50  per  month  for  board  and  room.  Pri- 
vate families  rent  rooms  for  light  house- 
keeping. 

In  counting  up   the  assets  of  Santa  Fe 


PALACE   HOTEL,    SANTA   FE. 

its  climate  must  be  taken  into  account,  for 
in  many  respects  it  is  one  of  its  greatest  re- 
sources and  attractions.  Its  altitude,  the 
dryness  of  its  atmosphere,  the  mildness  of 
its  winters  and  the  coolness  of  its  summers 
make  it  a  summer  and  winter  resort  and  a 


haven  of  refuge.  In  summer  the  tempera- 
ture very  seldom  exceeds  80  degrees,  and 
the  temperature  of  100  is  not  on  record  dur- 
ing the  twenty-eight  years  that  the  weather 
bureau  has  kept  records  at  Santa  Fe.  But 
even  a  temperature  of  100  would  feel  10  to 
20  degrees  cooler  at  Santa  Fe  than  at  New 
York  or  Boston  on  account  of  the  low 
humidity  of  the  atmosphere.  During  the 
night  in  summer  there  is  always  a  fall  from 
20  to  30  degrees  in  temperature,  and  it  is 
very  seldom  if  ever  at  all  that  the  minimum 
temperature  of  any  day  exceeds  65  degrees. 
In  winter  almost  perpetual  sunshine  with 
but  few  cloudy  days  make  a  winter  resort 
where  the  air  is  crisp  enough  to  be  bracing, 
but  where  the  thermometer  in  the  sunshine 
very  seldom  descends  below  the  freezing 
point,  where  the  winds  are  much  less  violent 
than  they  are  in  other  parts  of  the  south- 
west, where  snow  falls  moderately  and  is 
absorbed  by  the  ground  or  atmosphere 
generally  within  a  short  space  after  its  fall. 

Hundreds  of  people,  not  only  in  Santa  Fe, 
but  in  all  parts  of  the  world  can  testify  to 
the  healing  qualities  of  the  climate  and  the 
pine-odor  laden  air.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
every  case  of  incipient  consumption,  where 
the  patient  lives  an  out-door  life  and  ob- 
serves the  most  obvious  hygienic  and  dietary 
rules,  will  be  benefited  and  eventually 
cured  by  it. 

Nagle's  Sunny  Pinecroft  Ranch,  one  mile 
southeast  of  the  city  at  the  foot  of  Round 
Top  Mountain,  is  about  to  be  turned 
into  a  sanatorium.  Rates  $7  to  $15  a  week. 


Accommodations  can  also  be  had  at  the 
ranch  homes  in  the  beautiful  Rio  Grande 
and  Tesuque  valleys,  reached  from  Santa  Fe. 
There  is  also  ample  room  for  the  placing  of 
tents  in  the  city  or  surroundings  for  those 
who  prefer  an  out-door  life. 

Regarding  the  climatic  conditions  of  Santa 
Fe,  one  of  the  leading  physicians  there  states 
that  all  authorities  concur  in  the  value  of 


SANTA  FE'S  OLD  CURIOSITY  SHOP. 

altitude,  dryness  of  atmosphere,  the  direct 
rays  of  the  sun,  and  the  absence  of  sudden 
and  high  winds,  in  the  successful  treatment 
of  diseases  of  the  lungs.  These  conditions 
are  to  be  found  at  Santa  Fe*  to  a  marked  de- 
gree. The  altitude  is  6,939  ^et;  the  days 
are  bright,  warm  and  pleasant,  and  the 
nights,  even  in  midsummer,  sufficiently  cool 
to  render  blanket  covering  agreeable.  At- 
mosphere is  free  from  irritating  ingredients, 
and  contains  an  abundance  of  oxygen,  elec- 
tricity and  ozone.  Drinking  water  comes 
from  the  mountains;  it  is  uncontaminated. 


OjO  Calient*— These  celebrated  hot  springs 
are  located  in  the  "Cliff  Dwellers"  region, 
southwestern  portion  of  Taos  County,  on 
Caliente  Creek,  a  stream  emptying  into  the 
Rio  Grande,  north  of  the  city  of  Santa  Fe. 

The  altitude  of  Ojo  Caliente  is  6,292  feet. 
The  surrounding  country  consists  of  hills 
with  volcanic  dikes  and  mesas,  traversed 
by  a  coarse-grained  granite.  Climate  very 
dry,  and  delightful  throughout  the  year.  A 
commodious  hotel  furnishes  accommoda- 
tions for  invalids  and  tourists;  meals,  lodg- 
ing and  baths,  $2.50  per  day;  half  rate  for 
children;  reduced  rates  by  month,  or  for 
small  parties;  sixty-five  persons  easily  taken 
care  of.  This  resort  is  open  winter  as  well 
as  summer,  and  is  liberally  patronized  both 
by  the  people  of  New  Mexico  and  tourists 
generally. 

The  waters  of  these  springs  contain  a 
large  proportion  of  alkaline  salts;  tempera- 
ture, 90°  to  122°;  daily  flow,  over  300,000 
gallons.  Paralysis,  rheumatism,  neuralgia, 
consumption,  catarrh,  and  like  complaints 
are  either  greatly  benefited  or  cured.  All 
kinds  of  baths  given,  including  plunge, 
shower,  steam  and  mud,  and  first-class  medi- 
cal attendance  is  always  available. 

To  reach  Ojo  Caliente,  go  by  rail  from 
Santa  Fe  to  Barranca;  round-trip  fare,  $7.50 
for  three-months  tickets.  The  twelve  miles 
from  Barranca  to  Ojo  Caliente  are  covered 
by  stage.  Total  distance  from  Santa  Fe 
about  fifty  miles. 


Clf  f) 
^* 


SILVER  CITY,  the  county  seat 
°^  Grant  County,  is  built  upon 
an  elevated  plateau,  nearly 
6,000  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea.  Ridges 
several  hundred  feet  high  immediately  sur- 
round the  place,  while  a  few  miles  back  are 
mountains  several  thousand  feet  in  height. 
In  this  sheltered  position  it  is  not  deprived 
of  sunlight—  in  fact  the  large  proportion  of 
sunshiny  days  here  leads  one  writer  to 
declare  that  this  is  "a  silver  city  with  a 
golden  climate."  High  winds,  with  their 
accompaniment  of  dust  and  heat,  are  un- 
known, the  greatest  recorded  velocity  here 
being  twenty  miles  an  hour.  The  marvel- 
ous power  of  the  sun's  rays  so  affects  the 
air  as  to  render  a  winter  sojourn  at  Silver 
City  a  great  delight  and  boon  to  the  afflicted. 
Living  outdoors  is  possible  at  all  seasons. 
There  are  no  sudden  changes  of  temperature, 
and  the  absence  of  excessive  humidity  takes 
away  the  danger  of  catching  cold.  As  a 
tonic  for  tired  nerves  the  climate  of  this 
place  takes  first  rank.  There  is  a  quality 
in  the  air  which  quickly  builds  up  wasted 
tissue  ;  asthma  and  hay  fever  are  unknown. 
Silver  City  has  aptly  been  termed  an 
American  town  with  a  Mexican  quarter,  as 
distinguished  from  those  towns  where  Mexi- 
cans predominate.  The  buildings  are  sub- 
stantially constructed  of  brick,  and  their 
general  solidity  and  neatness  are  a  surprise 
to  persons  who  may  imagine  this  to  be  only 
a  rough  mining  camp.  Present  population, 
3,000  ;  social  advantages  excellent. 
Average  noon  temperature  for  spring  and 


summer  is  about  80°  and  for  fall  and  winter 
70°;  maximum  temperature  90°  and  mini- 
mum 28°.  Proportion  of  sunshiny  to  cloudy 
days  is  as  twenty-eight  to  one.  The  annual 
precipitation  is  only  ten  inches,  most  of  the 
rain  falling  during  July,  August  and  Sep- 
tember— noon  showers,  with  pleasant  morn- 
ings and  evenings. 

This  city  is  well  supplied  with  hotels, 
private  boarding  houses  and  restaurants. 
Houses  and  rooms  are  plentiful  and  cheap; 
and  housekeeping  is  not  expensive.  Silver 
City  has  no  sanatorium;  but  two  fine  hos- 
pitals, one  owned  by  the)  county  and  the 
other  managed  by  Catholic  Sisters  of  Mercy, 
are  well  prepared  to  care  for  invalids. 
That  the  accommodations  are  sufficient  in 
the  main  is  attested  by  the  constantly  in- 
creasing number  of  people  who  come  to 
this  point  to  get  well  and  go  away  cured. 
There  are  four  physicians  located  here,  and 
competent  nurses  may  be  secured. 

f  aplOOOd  fiOt  Springs,  a  winter  and  sum- 
mer resort,  are  reached  from  Hudson  sta- 
tion on  the  Santa  Fe.  A  $100,000  hotel  offers 
ample  accommodations.  The  hot  springs 
are  specifics  for  kidney  and  stomach 
trouble  and  the  climate  is  delightful  the 
year  round.  Good  hunting  and  fishing  in 
the  vicinity.  Terms  upon  application.  Ele- 
vation 5,000  feet.  Three  miles  from  rail- 
road station. 


I 


SOCOITO  SOCORRO,  the  county  seat  of 
Socorro  County,  is  situated  on 
the  west  bank  of  the  Rio  Grande  River,  at 
the  base  of  the  Socorro  Mountains,  the  land 
gently  sloping  from  the  mountains  to  the 
river.  Altitude,  4,567  feet. 

The  city  is  on  the  main  line  of  the  Atchi- 
son,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway.  A  branch 
runs  west  to  the  Magdalena  Mountains. 
There  are  modern  residences,  business 
blocks,  churches  and  schools,  including  a 
school  of  mines.  Population,  3,000. 

Principal  industry  is  mining.  From  1880 
to  1895  the  output  of  gold,  silver,  lead  and 
copper  was/valued  at  $58,000,000. 

The  water  supply  is  taken  from  hot 
springs  at  base  of  Socorro  Mountains,  and 
is  useful  in  kidney,  liver  and  blood  diseases. 

Climate  uniformly  delightful;  skies  bright, 
air  pure  and  bracing.  The  winters  especi- 
ally are  very  pleasant.  Epidemic  diseases 
are  unknown,  and  fogs  and  dews  rarely 
appear. 

The  rivers,  lakes  and  ponds  are  the  abode 
of  geese  and  ducks  in  their  season.  Quail 
are  plentiful,  and  sport  may  be  had  chasing 
the  "cotton-tail"  and  jack  rabbit. 

Accommodationsmay  be  obtained  at  hotels, 
boarding  houses  and  private  families.  Rates 
charged  vary  from  $20  to  $25  'per  month. 
The  local  hotels  are  better  than  the  average. 

There  is  no  regular  sanatorium.  Two 
specialists  in  pulmonary  diseases  practice 
here;  experienced  nurses  may  be  hired  on 
reasonable  terms 


WATER  CANYON  is  located  on 
the  east  slope  of  Magdalena 
Mountains,  seventeen  miles 
from  Socorro  by  a  good  wagon  road;  also 
five  miles  by  wagon  from  Water  Canyon 
station  on  Magdalena  branch  of  A.  T.  & 
S.  F.  Ry.  This  is  a  much  frequented  resort 
in  the  summer  months,  a  cool,  shaded, 
health-giving  and  delightful  retreat;  alti- 
tude 6,500  feet;  a  number  of  cottages  have 
been  built  here. 


^N  THE  west  sl°Pe  °f  tne  Mag- 
dalena Mountains  is  the  town 
of  Kelly,  a  favorite  resort  during  the  sum- 
mer months.  Altitude  7,000  feet;  population 
500,  principally  interested  in  mining;  one 
hotel;  daily  mail  and  passenger  stage  con- 
nection with  Magdalena,  three  and  one-half 
miles  distant,  which  latter  point  is  twenty- 
seven  miles  from  Socorro,  by  rail. 


THE  town  of  Springer  is 
located  on  the  main  line  of 
the  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.,  in  Colfax  County. 
Altitude  is  5,768  feet.  Mean  annual  tem- 
perature, 51°.  Precipitation  averages  ten 
inches  annually. 

The  atmosphere  is  exceedingly  dry,  light 
and  invigorating. 

The  six  hundred  inhabitants  are  princi- 
pally Americans. 

Springer  has  graded  schools,  several 
churches,  two  physicians,  the  usual  line  of 
retail  establishments,  two^good  hotels,  sev- 
eral private  boarding  houses/  and  either 
separate  rooms  or  detached  houses  that 
may  be  rented  by  persons  who  prefer  to 
board  themselves. 

Located  within  a  few  miles  of  Springer, 
and  owned  by  J.  C.  Taylor,  are  fine  artesian 
wells. 

Not  far  away  are  lakes  and  reservoirs, 
well  stocked  with  bass,  perch,  carp,  etc. 
During  the  spring  and  fall  these  lakes  are 
covered  with  wild  ducks,  geese  and  other 
fowl  common  to  this  latitude. 

In  the  mountains,  a  few  miles  distant,  are 
plenty  of  deer,  bear,  turkeys  and  grouse, 
and  the  streams  in  that  section  are  full  of 
mountain  trout. 

Springer  is  fifty-four  and  sixty-five  miles 
distant  respectively,  from  the  thriving  min- 
ing towns  of  Elizabethtown  and  Red  River 
City;  daily  stage.  This  district  contains 
some  rich  placer  and  quartz  gold  mines. 
The  stage  thither  enables  the  traveler  to  see 


HOTEL  HIGHLAND,   ALBUQUERQUE. 

some   beautiful  mountain  scenery,  particu- 
larly in  Cimarron  Canyon. 

At  Iftaxwell  Citp,  fourteen  miles  above 
Springer,  on  A.  T.  &  S.  F.  Ry.,  invalids  can 
find  accommodations  among  the  neighbor- 
ing farmers  at  $5  a  week.  The  Maxwell 
House  will  care  for  a  limited  number  at 
same  rate.  The  climate  here  is  beneficial 
for  consumptives;  pure  spring  water  obtain- 
able. 


'DOWN   QUIET   LANES,    LAS   CRUCES. 


IN  THE  soutneast  corner  of 
New  Mexico,  separated 
from  the  Rio  Grande  Valley  by  high  moun- 
tain ranges,  is  the  Pecos  Valley  region,  com- 
prising a  wide  body  of  land  along  the  Pecos 
River  a  distance  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five  miles,  from  Roswell  to  Pecos  City. 

The  valley  has  a  population  of  nearly 
15,000.  The  principal  towns  are  Roswell 
(population  2,500),  Carlsbad  (population 
i, 800),  Hagerman  (population  600)  and 
Pecos  City  (population  1,500). 

In  the  spring  of  1899  a  new  ^ne  was  built 
across  the  plains  from  Roswell  northeast 
to  a  connection  with  the  Santa  Fe  at 
Amarillo,  thus  affording  quicker  transit  for 
passengers  and  freight  from  the  east. 

The  Pecos  Valley  has  much  to  offer  the 
homeseeker.  Its  level,  alluvial  lands, 
obtainable  at  moderate  prices  and  on  easy 
terms,  generously  produce  alfalfa,  sugar 
beets,  broom  corn,  fruits,  cereals  and  vegeta- 
bles. On  the  adjacent  plains  immense  herds 
of  cattle  graze,  while  high-grade  cattle  and 
hogs  are  fattened  on  the  alfalfa  meadows. 

Most  of  this  vast  agricultural  wealth  is 
due  to  irrigation,  for  the  climate  is  naturally 
dry,  and  the  rainfall  (varying  from  twelve  to 
eighteen  inches  annually)  is  not  of  itself 
sufficient  to  mature  crops.  This  very  defi- 
ciency in  moisture,  however,  makes  possi- 
ble a  climate  which  has  manifold  attractions 
for  the  health  seeker.  The  Pecos  River 
rises  in  the  mountains  and  hence  is  inde- 
pendent of  the  rainfall  of  the  plains. 

The  altitude  varies  from  3,000  to  3,800  feet. 


The  atmosphere  is  clear,  warm,  dry  and 
bracing,  there  being  as  many  as  two  hundred 
and  forty  days  in  each  year  which  are  abso- 
lutely clear,  and  only  forty  in  which  moisture 
is  precipitated.  The  winters  are  brief. 
The  summers  are  not  oppressively  hot. 
Outdoor  life  is  feasible  here  nearly  every 
day  in  the  year,  even  for  the  frailest  invalid. 
A  porous  sandy  soil  permits  of  perfect 
drainage,  and  malaria  is  unknown.  Persons 
afflicted  with  consumption  in  its  earlier 
stages,  bronchitis,  asthma,  kidney  and  liver 
complaints,  etc.,  are  immediately  benefited. 

Occasionally  the  days  are  windy,  dusty 
and  disagreeable— perfect  weather  does  not 
exist  any  where.  The  preponderance,  though, 
is  largely  on  the  sunshiny,  quiet  side,  with 
remarkable  freedom  from  blizzards,  northers, 
tornadoes  and  hot  winds. 

The  mean  temperature,  expressed  in 
degrees  Fahrenheit,  is:  Spring,  63.1;  summer, 
79.5 ;  autumn,  63.4,  and  winter,  43.9.  Once 
in  a  while  during  June,  July  and  August 
the  thermometer  registers  an  apparent  heat 
of  more  than  one  hundred  degrees.  Such 
warmth  is  exceptional,  not  long  continued 
and  is  no  more  oppressive  than  80°  in  the 
east.  Only  once  within  the  last  few  years 
has  the  thermometer  fallen  below  zero,  the 
usual  minimum  being  12°  to  20°  above  zero. 

While  the  entire  valley  can  appropri- 
ately be  termed  a  health  resort,  the  town 
of  Carlsbad,  with  its  ten  miles  of  shaded 
streets  and  drives  and  its  roadside  water 
courses,  offers  special  advantages  to  the 
health  seeker.  Just  across  the  river  is 


PECOS   RIVER  FLUME. 

THE   CHISUM   DITCH. 

DIVIDING  WATER  AT  CHISUM   RANCHi 


Carlsbad|Spring,*which  every  minute  pours 
into  the  Pecos  five  thousand  gallons  of 
water  strongly  impregnated  with  mineral 
substances.  The  following  analysis  institutes 
a  comparison  with  the  noted  Friedrichschall 

water  of  Prussia: 

Parts  per  100,000. 


Carlsbad 
Spring: 

Friedrichs- 
halL 
diluted  13. 

Sulphate  of  soda  (Glauber's  salts)..  .. 
Chloride  of  sodium 

44.02 

CQ.I^O 

40.00 
53.10 

Sulphate  of  magnesia  (Epsom  salts)  . 
Sulphate  of  lime 

21.63 

17.40 

34-40 
8.95 

Carbonate  of  lime                 ...         .... 

14.00 

0.09 

Silica 

1    20 

0.29 

Iron  and  alumina.  .   .          ..'.          .... 

1  .20 

Carbonate  of  magnesia  
Chloride  of  magnesia 

2.05 

1.  00 

26.00 

Water  of  crystallization,  etc  

3.25 

2.18 

Total  solids... 

KO.  2; 

166.00 

The  Friedrichshall  spring  gives  a  greater 
amount  of  magnesian  salts;  otherwise  the 
two  waters  are  essentially  the  same  in  their 
effects  on  the  system.  The  Carlsbad  water 
is  invaluable  both  as  an  aperient  and 
alterative. 

The  only  serious  drawback  at  Carlsbad  is 
the  absence  of  a  sanatorium.  Efforts  are 
being  made  to  build  one,  with  considerable 
promise  of  success  in  the  immediate  future. 
Meanwhile  invalids  and  others  are  accom- 
modated at  hotels,  boarding  houses  and  in 
private  families,  the  rates  being  similar  to 
those  charged  elsewhere.  Mr.  R.  W.  Tan- 
sill,  who  has  extensive  interests  here,  an- 
nounces that  he  will  give  land  free  to  per- 
sons who  will  build  on  it. 


One  finds  in  Carlsbad  an  excellent  school 
system.  There  are  several  church  societies. 
The  business  portion  of  the  town  is  well 
built  up,  and  the  merchants  carry  large 
stocks  of  goods. 

Invalids  of  small  means  can  make  a  good 
living  here  from  the  soil. 


*s  ^e  cme^ town  °f  this  region. 

It  has  magnificent  avenues  of 
giant  cottonwoods;  also  numerous  large 
springs  and  flowing  artesian  wells,  many  of 
the  latter  yielding  2,000  gallons  a  minute 
and  irrigating  thousands  of  acres  of  land. 
Boarding  houses  are  numerous,  $30  to"  $40 
per  month  being  charged  for  room  and 
board.  Roswell's  attractions  as  a  place  of 
residence  are  fully  equaled  by  its  advant- 
ages as  a  growing  business  center.  Its 
prosperity  is  mainly  based  on  important 
cattle  and  sheep  interests. 


F)Cdltl) 


L  ItllllCd 


*F  ONLY  the  rich  or  well-to-do 
were  obliged  to  travel  in  search 
of  healthj  the  problem  would  be 
a  simple  one.  With  a  well- 
filled  purse  supplying  every 
needed  convenience  and  luxury, 
the  only  question  would  be  as 

to  the  best  climate  for  the  particular  ailment. 
The  invalid  of  limited  means  must  con- 

side1"  the  cost  of  getting  well,  and  is  not 


CHILD   LIFE   AT  ISLETA. 


infrequently  compelled  by  that  considera- 
tion to  go  where  not  only  the  climate  but 
industrial  conditions  are  favorable.  What 
immediately  follows  is  intended  for  those 
who  soon  after  settling  in  a  new  home  must 
consider  the  necessity  of  earning.  Not  being 
rugged  and  able  to  accept  the  first  work 
that  offers,  the  usual  alternative  will  be  to 


wrest  a  subsistence  from  the  soil.  Light 
farming,  gardening,  raising  chickens,  bees, 
etc.,  are  pleasant  and  profitable  occupations. 

A  gentleman  who  has  lived  in  New  Mex- 
ico twenty  years,  and  knows  all  sections 
thoroughly,  is  authority  for  the  following: 

Dairp  and  pOUltrp. — For  a  few  hundred 
dollars  enough  cows  may  be  purchased  with 
which  to  start  a  dairy,  and  a  comfortable 
revenue  is  assured  from  the  beginning.  The 
production  and  sale  of  poultry  and  eggs 
requires  less  capital,  and  is  almost  as  remu- 
nerative. Ninety  per  cent  of  the  butter, 
eggs  and  poultry  consumed  in  New  Mexico 
is  shipped  in  from  eastern  states.  Butter 
never  sells  for  less  than  25  cents  per  pound, 
nor  eggs  for  less  than  25  cents  per  dozen. 
Poultry  brings  from  10  to  15  cents  per  pound, 
according  to  season.  Cheese  is  not  made 
here  for  sale.  The  higher-priced  cheese, 
such  as  that  made  in  Switzerland  from 
goat's  milk,  can  be  produced  here  with 
great  profit.  Goats  pasture  themselves, 
and  their  feed  is  a  nominal  item. 

Broom  Corn, — Not  a  broom  is  made  in  the 
territory.  Nowhere  in  the  world  can  broom 
corn  be  raised  so  easily;  the  long,  dry  sea- 
sons are  very  favorable  for  curing.  It  does 
not  cost  much  to  set  up  a  small  broom 
manufacturing  plant. 

Eonep. — Where  alfalfa  is  cultivated,  bees 
do  well.  This  is  a  light  occupation,  par- 
ticularly suitable  for  women,  and  many  of 
them  have  achieved  marked  success  as 
apiarists.  Honey  commands  a  good  price, 
and  the  yield  is  larger  than  in  cold  countries. 


fruit — All  kinds  of  fruit  are  cultivated 
successfully;  but  it  is  in  the  Rio  Grande 
Valley,  south  of  Albuquerque,  that  fruit- 
raising  is  most  extensively  carried  on. 
Here  are  many  square  miles  of  vineyards 
and  orchards,  producing  thick  clusters  of 
grapes  as  large  and  luscious  as  if  grown  in 
sunny  France,  and  pears  and  peaches  that 
rival  those  of  California.  Wine  of  a  superior 
quality  is  manufactured.  Apples,  peaches, 
nectarines  and  pears  thrive  under  irrigation 
and  yield  abundantly. 


NEW   MEXICO    FRUIT. 

Northern  New  Mexico,  however,  is  a  close 
rival  of  the  southern  portion.  Take  for  ex- 
ample the  magnificent  orchard  in  the  Cana- 
dian River  Canyon,  tributary  to  Springer, 
containing  several  hundred  acres  and  owned 
by  Mr.  Melvin  W.  Mills.  Great  six-horse 
wagons  are  busy  nearly  every  day  in  the  year 
hauling  fruit  from  this  orchard  to  the  rail- 
road station.  Here  are  profusely  grown 
the  best  varieties  of  apples,  pears,  peaches, 
cherries,  plums,  prunes,  nectarines,  apricots, 
quinces,  almonds,  pecans,  walnuts  and 
grapes.  The  orchard  is  being  enlarged 
every  year  and  Mr.  Mills  reports  that  even 
partial  crop  failures  are  very  infrequent. 

EogS. — Hams,  bacon  and  salted  meats  are 
brought  in  from  the  east.  With  alfalfa  (four 


tons  of  which  can  be  raised  on  an  acre  of 
ground)  and  field  peas,  hogs  grow  fat,  and 
are  a  bank  always  paying  dividends.  Hogs 
may  be  wintered  on  alfalfa  hay  alone.  Home- 
cured  meats  would  command  ready  sale. 


Co  Sum  ISp,— On  five  acres  of  land,  with 
water  privileges,  a  family  of  four  or  five 
persons  may  make  a  comfortable  living  in 
New  Mexico.  This  means  work,  of  course, 
accompanied  by  economy.  Land  may  be 
bought  outright  for  $35  to  $100  per  acre,  in 
a  good  state  of  cultivation;  or  it  may  be 
rented  on  favorable  terms. 

Not  only  can  such  a  family,  when  located 
near  a  town  or  city,  raise  all  the  vegetables 
and  grain  needed  for  home  consumption, 
but  by  having  on  hand  a  few  chickens,  hogs 
and  cows,  there  will  always  be  something  to 
convert  into  groceries  and  clothing.  In 
most  cases  ample  pasturage  exists  close  at 
hand  for  the  larger  stock  to  range  upon. 
Early  vegetables  find  ready  sale  at  prices 
which  leave  a  handsome  profit. 

The  most  profitable  houses  are  built  with 
adobe  bricks,  made  from  the  soil  of  the 
country,  mixed  with  straw.  Buildings  of 
this  material  erected  two  hundred  years 
ago  are  still  habitable.  A  good  three-room 
house,  finished  with  second-class  lumber, 
need  not  cost  to  exceed  $150.  Owing  to  the 
mild  climate,  living  in  tents  will  also  be 
found  very  beneficial  and  at  the  same  time 
cheap  by  health  seekers  whose  disease  has 
not  progressed  so  far  as  to  confine  them  to 
their  houses. 

71 


Fff  1C3CD  THE  municipal  government  of 
V.MI      tvy  parig     recently     appointed    a 

01  special     commission    for    the 

PurPose  °f  determining  proper 
measures  to  prevent  contagion 
of  tuberculosis  in  the  hospitals 
of  that  city.  This  commission 
consisted  of  twenty-five  of  the  ablest  med- 
ical men  in  France,  and  this  is  what  they 
conclude  on  the  point  of  climate  cure: 

"What,  then,  must  be  done  with  the 
tubercular  case  to  cure  him,  while  a  cure  is 
yet  possible  ?  And  how  ?  By  the  contin- 
ued and  regular  exposure  to  outdoor  air, 
day  and  night;  by  nourishing  diet;  by  long 
rest  and  sleep.  To  accomplish  this  in  sana- 
toria many  can  be  cured.  Therefore,  in  a 
general  interest,  and  in  the  interest  of  the 
patient  himself,  he  ought  to  be  thus  cared 
for  apart  and  separate." 

*  *  * 

The  following  extract  is  from  a  very  inter- 
esting paper  by  Dr.  J.  L.  C.  Whitcomb,  of 
Liberty,  N.  Y.  This  paper  was  published 
in  the  New  York  Medical  Record  of  Sep- 
tember 25,  1898. 

"  The  one  point  I  wish  to  emphasize  with 
all  the  force  I  am  capable  of — the  point,  the 
importance  of  which  overshadows  and  min- 
imizes every  other  consideration  in  the 
treatment  of  this  subject — is  that  suitable 
climatic  environments  are  the  absolute  pre- 
requisite of  any  successful  treatment  of 
phthisis,  so  far  as  medical  knowledge  can 
affirm  at  the  present  time.  Of  no  other 
disease  can  this  be  said.  In  a  nutshell,  our 
one  rational  treatment  is:  (i)  early  diagno- 
sis; (2)  a  suitable  climate.  Give  the  patient 
the  benefit  of  these,  and  we  give  him  nine 
chances  to  get  well  to  one  against  it.  *  *  * 
What  is  needed  is  oxygen — the  oxygen  of 


pure,  dry  air.  This  alone  is  a  specific  in 
early  phthisis.  It  will  not  cure  every  case; 
no  specific  does  that;  but  it  will  cure  nine 
in  every  ten,  providing  enough  of  the  rem- 
edy is  taken." 


CHURCH  AT  SOCORRO,  30O  YEARS  OLD. 

ONE  of  the  most  important  medical  gath- 
erings!'of/ modern  Uimes  recently]  held  its 
sessions  in  Moscow,  Russia.  The  occasion 
was  the  meeting  of  the  International  Medi- 
cal Congress.  It  brought  together  more 
than  seven  thousand  medical  men,  among 
whom  were  the  recognized  leaders  of  every 
civilized  country.  One  meeting  was  devoted 
to  the  discussion  of  the  present  methods  of 
treating  tuberculosis.  The  quotations  given 
below  are  from  papers  read  by  some  of  these 
great  men. 

By  Dr.  Von  Ziemssen,  of  Vienna:  "As  far 
back  as  we  can  see  in  the  history  of  medi- 
cine, fresh  air  has  been  one  of  the  require- 
ments in  the  treatment  of  tuberculosis,  but 
it  is  only  of  late  that  the  advantage  of  high 
altitudes  has  been  clearly  demonstrated. 
That  tubercular  patients  can  get  a  quantity 
of  fresh  air  in  these  regions  is  evident  to 
anyone  who  has  visited  the  places;  *  *  * 


but  the  fresh  air  that  surrounds  them  is  not 
all;  the  altitude  brings  about  an  excitation 
of  the  blood-making  organs  that  increases 
the  corpuscular  elements  in  the  blood.  Even 
in  health  this  reaction  takes  place,  but  not 
so  markedly  as  in  diseased  states." 

By  Dr.  Senator,  of  Berlin:  "I  am  con- 
vinced that  the  only  treatment  of  value  is 
the  climatic,  and  I  believe  high  altitudes 
are  of  value.  I  regard  altitude  as  a  factor 
second  only  in  importance  to  fresh  air. 
Sunlight  is  also  of  great  value,  and  the 
sun's  rays^  themselves  exert  a  particular 
influence." 


OLD  CHURCH  AT  CIUDAD  JUAREZ.      *»!»««  *  Feldman,  Photo. 

By  Dr.  Von  Leyden,  of  Berlin,  Germany, 
greatest  general  practitioner:  "We  must 
not  look  to  the  future ;  we  are  living  in  the 
present  and  must  treat  in  the  present.  So 
far  the  only  treatment  that  has  given  any 
success  is  the  climatic.  My  best  results 
have  been  obtained  in  mountains.  The 
more  comfortable  a  patient  be  made  there 
the  better,  as  a  rule,  will  be  the  results." 

By  Dr.  Kornig,  Court  Physician  of  St. 
Petersburg :  "  I  have  found  an  increase  in 
the  red  blood-cells  in  patients  who  have 


gone  to  high  altitudes,  and  I  am  inclined  to 
attribute  to  this  increase  a  large  part  of  the 
benefit  derived  from  mountain  sanatoria." 

By  Dr.  Jarvein,  of  St.  Petersburg,  and 
Professor  in  the  Military  Academy  of  St. 
Petersburg:  "After  listening  to  the  greatest 
authorities  in  Europe  on  the  treatment  of 
phthisis  in  mountain  sanatoria,  I  believe 
chere  can  be  but  little  doubt  in  the  minds  of 
those  present  that  this  is  at  present  the  only 
mode  of  treatment." 

By  Dr.  Vivant,  of  Monte  Carlo,  Riviera, 
France:  "The  climate  must  be  justly  re- 
garded as  of  value  in  the  treatment  of  this 
disease  (tuberculosis),  and  offers  a  certain 
number  of  features  in  common,  viz:  Pure 
air,  that  is,  oxygen  in  an  unlimited  quantity; 
and  dryness,  that  is,  absence  of  fogs,  of  air 
charged  with  moisture,  to  interrupt  light, 
heat  and  chemical  action  of  the  sun's  rays." 


Wh3t  DR*  GEORGE   HALLEY,   Pro- 

«711*  fessor  of    Surgery,    Kansas 

DOClOr$  City   Medical    College,   says: 

S3l)  Of  "New   Mexico   possesses   the 

SA    \  seven  great    requisites  of    a 

IcCU)  sanatorium  for  the  treatment 

It)£\i£ft  °f  consumptive   patients  and 

1 1C V/VI W.  those  suff ering  from  bronchial 

and  certain  forms  of  throat  affections,  ist. 
A  very  dry  and  aseptic  air,  experiment 
showing  that  the  atmosphere  is  as  free  from 
harmful  bacteria  as  that  of  midocean — the 
purest  known  to  science.  2d.  A  light  at- 
mospheric pressure  caused  by  the  high 
altitude  of  the  country,  and  ample  table- 
lands where  the  air  has  free  movement  and 
the  rays  of  the  sun  uninterrupted  play.  3d. 
A  maximum  of  sunshine  and  minimum  of 
cloud.  4th.  A  slight  variation  of  tempera- 
ture only  between  the  extremes  of  heat  and 


cold.  5th.  A  minimum  likelihood  of  sud- 
den changes  of  temperature.  6th.  A  light, 
porous,  dry  soil.  7th  (and  very  important). 
A  low  dew  point.  I  have  sent  many 
patients  there,  and  the  result  has  always 
been  beneficial. 

"It  seems,  at  first  sight,  a  long  distance 
for  patients  to  travel  from  France  to  New 
Mexico ;  but  there  is,  I  believe,  no  climate 
in  Southern  Europe  or  Northern  Africa — the 
localities  hitherto  utilized  for  this  purpose 
by  Europeans — that  can  compare  for  a 


PUEBLO  OF 
SANTA  CLARA. 


moment  with  that  of  New  Mexico  and 
parts  of  Colorado,  for  the  treatment  of 
consumption." 

*** 

DR.  O.  D.  WALKER,  Professor  of  Physiol- 
ogy and  Diseases  of  the  Nervous  System  in 
the  Keokuk  Medical  College,  Keokuk,  Iowa, 
and  formerly  physician  in  charge  at  the 
United  States  Government  Indian  School, 
Lawrence,  Kan.,  makes  the  following  inter- 
esting and  valuable  report  of  his  observa- 
tions in  New  Mexico: 


"I  look  upon  the  climate  of  New  Mexico, 
especially  the  southern  part,  as  an  ideal  one 
for  persons  suffering  from  lung  troubles, 
principally  because  of  the  light,  dry,  equable 
atmosphere  and  almost  constant  sunshine. 

"My  visits  there  have  all  been  made  in 
the  winter  time  and  in  the  vicinity  of  Las 
Cruces.  On  one  of  these  trips  I  left  Las 
Cruces  January  22,  and  traveled  in  a  moun- 
tain wagon  across  to  the  Mescalero  Apache 
Agency;  distance  about  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  miles.  The  weather  was  de- 
lightful, air  light  and  bracing,  and,  except 
early  mornings  and  late  evenings,  one  could 
ride  comfortably  without  an  overcoat. 

"I  have  carefully  observed  the  salutary 
effects  of  this  climate  upon  patients.  A 
young  lady,  age  about  eighteen,  came  to  me 
July  i,  1896,  suffering  from  incipient  phthisis. 
She  was  having  night  sweats,  losing  flesh, 
looked  pale  and  suffered  from  a  very  dis- 
tressing cough.  The  microscope  showed 
an  abundance  of  tubercle  bacilli.  I  used 
creosote  and  injections  of  Paquin's  serum 
without  marked  benefit,  and  finally  advised 
her  to  go  to  Las  Cruces,  N.  M.,  which  she 
did.  Her  cough  rapidly  improved,  and  the 
night  sweats  stopped;  she  gained  twenty 
pounds  in  flesh  in  a  few  months  and  grew 
strong  and  hearty.  I  saw  her  in  Keokuk, 
July  5  last.  She  seemed  to  be  perfectly 
well.  Had  she  remained  in  the  Mississippi 
Valley  I  think  she  would  have  succumbed 
to  this  then  rapidly  progressing  disease 
within  six  months,  under  any  line  of  treat- 
ment." 

*** 

DR.  E.  W.  SCHAUFFLER  said  (in  a  paper 
read  before  the  American  Climatological 
Association),  speaking  of  southern  New 
Mexico  and  the  close  adjoining  portion  of 
Texas: 

"  It  is  the  winter  temperature  to  which  I 
wish  to  call  attention,  as  well  as  the  small 
amount  of  rainfall  and  the  small  number  of 


cloudy  days,  these  conditions  combining  to 
constitute  the  charm  of  the  winter,  during 
which  season  the  invalid  can  walk,  or  even 
sit,  out  of  doors  almost  every  day.  Com- 
bined with  the  mild  temperature,  there  is, 
as  I  have  before  remarked,  a  bracing  tonic 
quality  to  the  air,  due,  perhaps,  in  part,  to 
its  rarity  and  dryness,  which  I  have  failed 
to  find  in  the  air  of  Florida,  of  the  Gulf,  or 
even  of  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

"In  view  of  its  mild  winter  climate,  its 
altitude,  the  great  dryness  of  the  atmosphere 
and  soil,  and  the  remarkable  preponderance 
of  clear  and  fair  days,  especially  during  the 
winter  and  spring  months,  I  think  it  must 


PUEBLO   OF  LAGUNA. 

be  conceded  that  this  region  presents  many 
of  the  requisites  of  a  winter  resort  for  per- 
sons suffering  from  pulmonary  complaints. 
Nor  is  this  merely  a  theoretical  conclusion. 
It  is  confirmed  by  the  experience  of  a  con- 
siderable number  of  asthmatic,  bronchi  tic 
and  phthisical  patients  who  have  already 
tested  the  virtues  of  this  climate." 


"  The  highest  interior  of  our  continent 
comprised  in  the  great  table-land  extending 
from  the  Great  Divide  in  Colorado,  through 


New  Mexico,  is  not  excelled  anywhere  in 
the  world  as  a  resort  for  consumptives.  The 
altitude,  the  dryness,  the  purity  of  atmos- 
phere, and  the  large  amount  of  ozone  it 
contains,  combine  to  create  conditions  very 
favorable  to  recovery  from  phthisis." — DR. 
GATCHELL,  in  The  Medical  Era. 


"THE  air  here  (New  Mexico)  is  very  dry; 
by  its  rarity  is  tonic  and  stimulating.  The 
various  altitudes  and  latitudes  give  a  great 
variety  of  climates  as  to  temperature  and 
atmospheric  tenuity,  but  all  are  alike  in 
dryness."— F.  H.  ATKINS,  M.  D.,  S.  B.,  in 
The  Climatologist 


THE  Los  Angeles  Bullion  says:  "The 
climate  of  New  Mexico  leaves  nothing-  to 
desire,  and  it  constitutes  an  element  of 
growth  and  prosperity  in  the  future  that  is 
too  important  to  remain  neglected.  As  an 
example  of  its  salubrity,  our  readers  will  re- 
member that  a  few  years  ago  Jay1  Gould, 
after  exhausting  the  sanatoriums  of  the 
world  without  obtaining  relief  from  his  ills, 
was  restored  to  good  health  by  his  residence 
in  El  Paso  of  two  months'  duration,  and  it 
is  a  matter  of  record  that  his  physicians  are 
responsible  for  the  statement  that,  had  he 
continued  to  dwell  there,  he  would  in  all 
probability  be  well  and  living  to-day." 


WHAT  follows  is  taken  from  the  New 
York  Herald:  "Dr.  Yandell  affirms  that 
no  cases  of  consumption  originate  at  El 
Paso,  and  if  deaths  by  accident  be  excepted 
from  his  tables,  the  actual  mortality  of  the 
city  was  only  59,  or  5.36  per  1,000.  It  would 
be  hard  to  find  a  town  on  the  continent  with 
a  smaller  death  rate.  Several  years  ago  the 
Herald  urged  upon  physicians  the  desirabil- 
ity of  establishing  winter  resorts  in  the 


southwest.  The  southwest  has  climate 
advantages  for  certain  classes  of  invalids 
superior  to  those  of  southern  France.  It 
would  surely  be  a  great  boon  to  the  many 
thousands  of  people  in  the  northern  parts  of 
the  country  who  have  to  flee  annually  from 
our  severe  winters  and  springs,  to  have  the 
choice  of  a  southwestern  health  resort." 

* 
*     * 

"NEW  MEXICO  is  fast  becoming  a  favorite 
resort  for  consumptives,  and  as  physicians 
learn  more  of  its  advantages  it  will  grow  still 
more  rapidly  in  favor.  Its  uniform  tempera- 
ture, almost  constant  sunshine,  and  its  dry, 
rare  atmosphere,  are  elements  that  commend 


TESUQUE    INDIAN   VILLAGE. 

this  climate  to  our  consideration." — F.  E. 
WAX  AM.  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Laryngology 
and  Rhinology,  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons,  Chicago. 

*** 

"I  THINK  that  New  Mexico  surpasses  any 
locality  for  consumptives  I  have  yet  visited, 
and  I  have  been  all  over  California,  Colo- 
rado, the  south,  the  Sandwich  Islands  and 
Europe.  *  *  *  I  am  decidedly  of  the 
opinion  that  the  region  visited  is,  for  con- 
sumptives, superior  to  any  other  part  of  the 


United  States  or  the  world,  of  which  I  have 
any  practical  knowledge."—].  F.  DANTER, 
M.  D.,  in  Medical  Visitor. 

The  Kansas  City  Medical  Record,  a  high 
authority  on  such  matters,  in  an  editorial 
upon  the  subject  of  "  Health  Resorts," 
speaks  as  follows : 

"It  has  been  a  great  satisfaction  to  us  to 
find  our  opinion  regarding  the  sanitary 
characteristics  of  New  Mexico  indorsed  in  a 
most  significant  manner  by  some  very  high 
authorities  on  the  subject.  Some  time  ago 
a  party  of  medico-scientists,  commissioned 
by  the  Socttte  Medicale  of  France  arrived  in 
New  Mexico,  after  inspecting  many  parts  of 
the  world  held  in  high  esteem  as  winter  and 
summer  resorts  for  consumptives. 

"Their  object  in  thus  journeying  was  to 
examine  and  report  upon  the  sanitary  quali- 
fications of  these  different  localities  and 
countries,  the  end  in  view  being  the  location 
of  a  large  sanatorium  for  the  treatment  of 
consumption.  The  commission  (with,  we 
believe,  the  exception  of  one  member  per- 
sonally interested  in  another  locality) 
reported  upon  New  Mexico  as  in  every 
respect  better  suited  for  such  a  purpose  than 
any  country  they  had  visited,  including  far- 
famed  Algeria  and  other  places  heretofore 
noted  as  health  resorts,  especially  empha- 
sizing the  fact  that  a  case  of  consumption 
was  never  known  to  have  originated  in  New 
Mexico." 


From  an  article  in  Canadian  Practitioner, 
Toronto,  Can.,  written  by  Dr.  J.  F.  McCon- 
nell,  of  Las  Cruces: 

"  Dryness  is  not  only  a  '  useful  adjunct,' 
but  a  most  important  factor  in  the  climate 
cure.  '  Tubercle  cannot  live  without  mois- 
ture' (Baumgarten);  a  moist  air  therefore 
nourishes,  a  dry  air  tends  to  destroy  it.  The 
breathing  of  pure,  dry  air,  not  by  fits  and 
starts,  but  constantly,  constitutes  what  we 

P2 


desire.  In  regard  to  altitude,  the  physician 
must  decide  in  each  case  as  to  suitability,  as 
much  depends  upon  the  physical  condition 
of  the  patient.  It  is  commonly  known  that 
there  is  established  a  certain  immunity  from 
phthisis  in  mountainous  districts.  The  geo- 
graphical and  climatic  conditions  as  found 
here  in  Las  Cruces  may  be  taken  as  a  type 
of  southern  New  Mexico,  one  of  the  districts 
which,  in  my  opinion,  ranks  first  in  provid- 
ing the  requisites  of  a  suitable  climate  for 
pulmonary  troubles." 


The  extracts  below  are  taken  from  "Some 
Misconceptions  of  New  Mexico  Corrected," 
written  for  the  Medical  Record  of  New 
York. 

*  *  "While  all  portions  of  the  United 
States  east  of  longitude  97°  W.  have  a  con- 
tinuous monthly  average  of  more  than  one 
inch,  New  Mexico  is  exempt  during  this 
portion  of  the  year.  But  while  it  is  true 
that  New  Mexico  is  thus  exempt,  there  is  no 
month  in  which  some  precipitation  is  not 
recorded ;  there  is  no  month  in  which  there 
are  no  stormy  days ;  there  is  no  month  in 
which  there  is  not  danger  from  exposure. 
The  advantage  is  found  in  the  difference  in 
amount  of  precipitation,  which  gives  New 
Mexico  a  far  greater  number  of  days  of 
sunshine  per  year,  with  a  minimum  number 
of  stormy  days,  together  with  all  the  bene- 
fits which  naturally  follow  from  such  excess 
of  sunshine  and  such  diminution  of  precipi- 
tation. 

"The  directions  not  infrequently  given  by 
physicians  to  patients  sent  to  this  territory 
are  something  like  this:  'Goto  the  table- 
lands of  New  Mexico,  where  are  dryness, 
altitude,  and  excess  of  sunshine.  Select  a 
home,  on  ranch  or  in  town,  where  you  may 
obtain  wholesome  food.  Live  out  of  doors 


CATHOLIC   CHURCH,  LAS  VEGAS. 

CATHEDRAL  AT  ISLETA. 
SAN    FELIPE   CHURCH,  ALBUQUERQUE. 


all  you  can.  Seek  medical  advice  when 
required.  Depend  upon  climate  and  exer- 
cise to  restore  you  to  health.'  This  is  whole- 
sale advice  prescribed  in  a  wholesale  way, 
with  evident  unfamiliarity  with  the  general 
results  accruing  therefrom.  Patients  should 
be  more  carefully  selected  to  whom  such 
advice  is  given.  The  prescription  should  be 
more  explicit,  and  warnings  more  frequent. 
It  should  not  be  expected  that  invalids, 
whose  constitutions  are  impaired  by  disease; 
whose  vitality  is  reduced  below  the  normal; 
who  are  surrounded  with  home  comforts 
and  luxuries;  who  have  been  more  or  less 
under  close  medical  supervision;  who  are, 
as  a  rule,  unfamiliar  with  the  favorable  or 
unfavorable  conditions  affecting  the  disease 
which  compels  their  absence;  who,  since 
they  are  invalids,  are  in  no  wise  proper  per- 
sons to  direct  their  own  case,  can  safely 
exchange  home  life  for  ranch  life,  to  'rough 
it'  as  best  they  may.  *  *  *  It  is  an  error  to 
presume  that  patients  unfitted  to  conduct 
their  own  case  at  home  without  medical 
supervision  can  do  so  in  New  Mexico.  It  is 
an  error  to  presume  that  invalids  who  have 
made  no  special  study  of  climatotherapy 
shall  know  how  intelligently  to  obtain  favor- 
able  results,  because  removed  to  a  locatioi^ 
possessing  improved  climatic  conditions. 
It  is  an  error  to  presume  that  any  of  nature's 
remedies  are  exempt  from  the  generally 
recognized  law  that  intelligence  and  experi- 
ence shall  direct  their  use.  Whereas,  it  is 
true  that  in  the  table-lands  of  New  Mexico 
are  found  excess  of  sunshine,  increased  dry- 
ness,  higher  altitude,  a  minimum  of  precipi- 
tation, and  less  variation  of  temperature 
than  in  other  sections  of  the  continent,  yet 
it  is  not  all  sunshine.  There  are  cloudy  and 
there  are  stormy  days.  There  are  days  that 
have  considerable  wind.  There  are  times 
when  it  is  dangerous  to  expose  one's  self! 
There  is  an  intelligent  way  to  take  advan- 
tage of  the  conditions  prevalent  here,  and 


there  is  an  erroneous  way.  There  is,  per- 
haps, no  section  possessing  so  great  a  union 
of  nature's  forces  favoring  restoration  to 
health,  yet  caution  must  be  .exercised  if 
proper  advantage  be  taken  of  it." 

*** 

"  New  Mexico  is  by  far  the  most  favor- 
able residence  in  the  United  States  for 
those  predisposed  to  or  affected  with 
phthisis.  *  *  *  In  a  service  of  three 
years  in  New  Mexico,  during  which  period 
I  served  at  eight  different  stations,  I  saw 
but  three  cases  of  phthisis,  and  these  were 
in  persons  recently  arrived  from  elsewhere." 
• — W.  A.  Hammond,  ex-Surgeon-General 
U.  S.  A. 

*  *  * 

Dr.  S.  D.  Swope,  of  Deming,  N.  M.,  con- 
tributes an  article  to  the  American  Prac- 
titioner and  News  on  the  advantages  of  the 
Western  plateau  in  the  treatment  of  phthisis 
pulmonalis.  Among  other  things  he  says  : 

"I  conclude  that  southern  New  Mexico 
comes  nearer  fulfilling  all  the  requirements 
for  the  advantageous  treatment  of  pulmo- 
nary diseases  than  any  other  region  with 
which  I  am  familiar.  *  *  *  I  do  feel  war- 
ranted in  asserting  that  most  phthisical 
patients  sent  to  this  climate  in  time,  placed 
in  desirable  surroundings  and  given  the 
regular  palliative  and  supporting  treat- 
ment, will  come  nearer  recovering  from 
phthisis  than  under  any  other  now  known 
treatment." 


Dr.  Frank  E.  Waxham,  writes  to  the  Jour- 
nal of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
on  the  subject  of  "Where  Shall  We  Send 
Our  Tubercular  Patients?"  The  following 
extracts  are  taken  from  that  portion  of  his 
article  referring  to  New  Mexico: 

"Arriving  at  Las  Vegas  (altitude  of  6,500 
feet)  we  find  a  thrifty  and  inviting  little  city 


of  6,000  people.  Five  miles  from  Las  Vegas 
are  the  hot  springs,  where  there  is  a  good 
sanatorium.  On  account  of  the  altitude  the 
winter  climate  is  still  too  much  like  that  of 
Colorado;  the  summer  climate,  however,  is 
excellent. 

"Santa  Fe"  is  a  quaint  old  city,  one  of  the 
oldest  in  the  United  States,  and  still  half 
Mexican.  The  altitude  is  7,000  feet,  too 
great  for  most  invalids.  The  summers  are 
most  delightful  and  the  air  is  pure,  dry  and 
exhilarating.  As  a  summer  retreat  from  the 
hot  plains  of  New  Mexico  it  is  an  ideal 
place.  Weather  bureau  statistics  show  that 
Santa  Fe  is  more  wind.-free  in  winter  than 
any  other  place  in  New  Mexico.  While 
winter  nights  are  occasionally  severe,  yet 
winter  days  are  drier,  sunnier  and  warmer 
than  anywhere  in  Colorado,  and  anywhere 
else  in  New  Mexico,  north  of  Socorro. 

"Albuquerque  is  a  city  of  10,000,  one-half 
Mexican.  The  altitude  is  5,000  feet.  There 
are  many  good  boarding  houses.  The 
rates  are  from  $8  to  $10  a  week.  I  look 
upon  the  climate  of  Albuquerque  as  one  of 
the  very  best  to  be  found  in  the  southwest. 
The  winters  are  warm  and  delightful,  and 
while  the  summers  are  hot,  they  are  not 
distressingly  so.  The  nights  are  fairly  com- 
fortable, even  in  the  warmest  season. 

"There  are  but  few  cities  in  New  Mexico 
that  offer  many  inducements  to  invalids, 
and  when  we  have  mentioned  Las  Vegas, 
Santa  Fe  and  Albuquerque  we  have  named 
them  all,  with  the  possible  exception  of  Las 
Cruces,  Silver  City,  Deming  and  Carlsbad. 

"Las  Cruces  is  a  village  of  3,000  and 
has  an  altitude  of  3,800  feet.  It  is  south  of 
Albuquerque,  and  but  forty  miles  from 
El  Paso.  The  winter  climate  is  ideal.  There 
is  hardly  a  day  in  the  whole  winter  that  one 
cannot  safely  and  comfortably  sit  out  in  the 
sun  all  day  long.  The  houses  are  adobe  and 
usually  but  one  story  in  height.  The  board- 
ing houses  are  few  in  number  and  only  a 


small  number  of  patients  can  be  accommo- 
dated. Excellent  board  and  comfortable 
lodging  for  about  one  dozen  invalids  can  be 
had  at  the  Alameda. 

"Silver  City  is  a  mining  town  of  3,000.  It 
has  an  altitude  of  5,800  feet.  The  climate  is 
magnificent,  there  being  but  thirty-seven 
cloudy  days  in  the  year. 

"Going  still  farther  south  we  enter  south- 
western Texas  at  El  Paso.  The  altitude  is 
3,000  feet  and  the  population  10,000.  The 
hotels  are  fairly  good  and  there  are  many 
good  boarding  houses,  but  the  number  is 
far  too  few  to  accommodate  the  many  inva- 
lids that  flock  here  from  all  parts  of  the 
north  during  the  winter  season.  Board 
varies  from  $8  to  $15  a  week.  Many  rent 
furnished  rooms  and  take  their  meals  at  the 
Chinese  restaurants,  which  are  the  best  to 
be  found  in  the  town." 

Investigations  carried  on  by  the  Hadley 
Climatological  Laboratory  of  the  University 
of  New  Mexico  have  shown  that  it  is  well 
for  consumptives  to  change  altitude  at  least 
2,000  feet  every  year  or  so,  in  order  to  get 
maximum  benefit  of  the  climate  and  alti- 
tude cure. 


Distance  ana  Altitude. 


PLACES. 

1* 

|f 

***• 

it 

|s 

i| 

i^C^ 

•§.s 

II 

675 

285 

6,622 

1 

716 

325 

5,768 

LAS  VEGAS      

1,245 

786 

396 

6,384 

LAS  VEGAS  HOT  SPRINGS  . 

1,251 

793 

402 

6,767 

SANTA  FF*       

1,328 

869 

479 

6,939 

ALBUQUERQUE     .... 

1,377 

918 

528 

4,933 

JEMEZ  HOT  SPRINGS     .     . 

1,422 

963 

573 

6,620 

SULPHUR  SPRINGS    .     .     . 

1,434 

975 

585 

8,250 

CAMP  WHITCOMB     .    .     . 

i,395 

936 

546 

8,000 

Ojo  CALIENTE     .... 

i,378 

919 

529 

6,292 

Los  LUNAS      

I  "3Q7 

938 

548 

4,833 

SOCORRO      

•"•OV/ 

994 

603 

4,567 

SAN  MARCIAL      .... 

M79 

,021 

630 

4,439 

LAS  CRUCES 

1,587 

,128 

738 

3,873 

FAYWOOD  HOT  SPRINGS   . 

1,632 

,174 

784 

DEMING      

1,607 

,149 

758 

4,315 

SILVER  CITY   

1,655 

,197 

806 

5,796 

CARLSBAD  (See  note  t) 

1,326 

868 

1,083 

3,200 

*  Distances  from  Denver  are  figured  via  La  Junta, 
t  Mileage  from  Chicago  and  Kansas  City  is  com- 
puted via  Amarillo;  from  Denver  via  El  Paso. 


Index. 


Page 

ALAMEDA 25 

ALBUQUERQUE      9 

CAMP  WHITCOMB 15 

CARLSBAD 62 

COYOTE  MINERAL  SPRINGS 12 

DEMING 15 

DISTANCE  AND  ALTITUDE 89 

EFFICACY  OF  CLIMATE  CURE 72 

EL  PASO 18 

EL  PORVENIR 33 

FAYWOOD  HOT  SPRINGS 53 

GLORIETA oo 

HARVEY'S 33 

HEALTH  SEEKERS  OF  LIMITED  MEANS  ...  67 

INTRODUCTION      '.....  5 

JEMEZ  HOT  SPRINGS 13 

KELLY 57 

LAS  CRUCES 21 

LAS  VEGAS       31 

LAS  VEGAS  HOT  SPRINGS 35 

MACBETH  MINERAL  SPRINGS 33 

MAXWELL  CITY 61 

Ojo  CALIENTE 51 

OUTLINE  MAP  OF  NEW  MEXICO 91 

RATON .  43 

ROSWELL 66 

SANTA  FE 45 

SELDEN  HOT  SPRINGS 29 

SILVER  CITY 52 

SOCORRO 55 

SPRINGER 59 

SULPHUR  SPRINGS 13 

VAN  PATTEN'S 27 

WATER  CANYON       57 

WHAT  DOCTORS  SAY  OF  NEW  MEXICO  ...  76 

WOODLAWN  ORCHARD  SANATORIUM   ....  27 


NEW  MEXICO 
;     HEALTH 
RESORTS 


announcement* 


US  is  one  of  a  series  of  publications 
issued  by  the  Santa  Fe  descriptive 
of  the  health  and  pleasure  resorts 
along  its  line* 

Copies  of  the  other  books  will  be 
mailed  on  application*  While  they  are  co- 
piously and  attractively  illustrated  with  a 
variety  of  typical  Southwestern  scenes, 
the  scope  of  this  pamphlet  requires  that 
the  pictorial  feature  be  restricted  to  merely 
showing  views  of  some  of  the  principal 
New  Mexico  towns,  hotels  and  sana- 
toriums. 


AD.   93-12-30-01.        IOM. 


Santa  Fe 

Hii 


POOLE    BROS.   CHICAGO. 


